OWNING ONE

Renowned architect Patrick Gwynne bought this V8 new in 1974, replacing a DBS. When he collected it, he took with him friend and neighbour Raymond Menzies, who would later buy the car from him and has kept it in his family to this day. After a substantial refurb by RS Williams, Raymond’s son Stefan has now taken on the car, and will pass it to his own son in time. “I hated driving it before RS Williams had it,” says Raymond. “You never knew if it was going to stop or not! It’s so much better now.”

“I love driving it,” adds Stefan. “I was in awe of it at first, but it’s actually really easy to drive and it’s got so much grunt – floor it and it just takes off! RS Williams did a brilliant job: it had only done 45,000 miles, but they sorted corrosion on the body edges, repainted it, overhauled the brakes and re-connollised the interior.”

“I was in awe of it at first, but it’s really very easy to drive and it’s got so much grunt – floor it and it just takes off”