WHAT DAVID GANDY DID NEXT b500 get an exclusive first look at his Porsche 356 Restomod Q&A with Del Gregory & David Gandy Photos: Del Gregory for b500
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et’s start at the beginning to explain how I’ve ended up with David Gandy on the cover of issue 6 of b500.
I was introduced to David by Damon Jones @damon_jones and we subsequently had a chat on the phone about his latest classic this rather beautiful Porsche 356 Restomod. David then very kindly suggested b500 could see it first and from that moment on the final issue of 2020 was conceived. After a couple of false starts (due to lockdown restrictions), we met at Whatley Manor Hotel in Wiltshire and spent much of a whole day moving the car from place to place in the grounds of the hotel to
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follow the fading December light, and for me to grab as many shots as I could of both David and his dark blue Porsche. During our day together we found time to have lunch in Whatley’s Brasserie (first turkey lunch of the season), and chatted about cars, photography, travel and of course lockdown! David then had a couple of hours drive back to London but by midnight the same day I had edited the images, sent him a stack, (which together we selected the accompanying images). A true pro and a pleasure to work with. Del: So David, not only am I getting the very first look of the car in its newly restored and modified form, but you’ve just announced
when it came off the transporter, this is also the first time you’ve seen it finished! David: Indeed. This project has been a labour of love for the last three years. I have worked closely with Parry Chana at Lux Classics (who also restored my first classic the Mercedes 190SL) from concept to finding a donor car and then the full process of a bespoke restoration. This year with Covid-19 to work around it put a little spanner in the works so to speak, where I couldn’t visit the work shop, so Parry and I have worked on much of the final details through digital communications such as WhatsApp and Zoom. So yes this is the first time I have seen the finished article in person and I am extremely proud of the
