Rebuilding a Burnt Spyker: A Unique Project Car Restoration

The Quest for Chassis Number 210

• 🔍 Jasper searched for nearly five years to locate chassis number 210, a specific Spyker model he knew was in the UK.
• 🤝 He eventually found the chassis, which had been dismantled and stored in an industrial area, and later purchased it after convincing the owner.

Combining Two Spykers

• 🔥 The acquired chassis (210) was heavily damaged by fire, with significant holes.
• 🚗 Jasper also acquired chassis number 44, the first right-hand drive Laviolette, with the intention of using its early production parts.
• 🧩 However, fitting parts from chassis 44 onto the later chassis 210 proved difficult due to incompatibility, leading the previous owner to abandon the project.

Unique Features and Restoration Challenges

• ✨ Chassis number 210 is unique as it's the only Spyker built without the standard quilted diamond stitch leather interior, featuring a striped interior instead.
• 🛠️ The restoration involved rebuilding the car from a burnt-down chassis over 1.5 years, fabricating wiring looms, body panels, and suspension parts in-house.
• 💡 A special detail added was embedding the chassis number within all the car's ECUs for a unique identifier.

The Fire and the Paint

• 💥 The car originally burned down due to an alleged mistake during a battery service in Germany.
• 🎨 The pearl white and MC12 blue livery was a complex paint job, requiring 10 layers of clear coat and meticulous sanding to ensure the paint lines were imperceptible.
• 🚪 A significant setback occurred when an employee accidentally damaged one of the doors, necessitating a complete restart of the painting process.

Personal Motivation and Future Plans

• 🚀 Jasper undertook this challenge to prove his capabilities and push his team to a new level of manufacturing and engineering.
• 🚗 Despite promising his wife he would drive this car, it has been added to his collection, and he has already acquired another project car.
• 📍 He plans to revisit the location where the car originally burned down to recreate a photograph from that spot.
• 🔧 Minor changes were made, including a periscope rearview mirror, Bluetooth audio, and wireless charging, while keeping the rest of the car original.