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Early in 2021, father and son set about transforming the space into a two-level cafe. They did the bulk of the work themselves to keep costs down and displayed a range of motoring memorabilia to appeal to petrol heads. This includes Formula 1 posters, vintage oil cans, scale models of rally, endurance and F1 cars, and replica helmets of legends including Valentino Rossi, Ayrton Senna and Kimi Raikkonen. Gary said: ‘A lot of what is on display is memorabilia we’ve collected over many years, but our regulars have donated items too. Several even have their own coffee mug behind the bar. On the ceiling of the downstairs café area, we’ve constructed a Scalextric model of the track at Spa, and the cars on the