MILITARY PRECISION

I wanted to give this car the restoration it deserved, to become one of the cleanest four-doors on the classic scene.” A clear statement of intent from Chris Jenks, and the Phoenix Orange GT we have before the lens today suggests that this mission has been accomplished with militaristic efficiency. With Chris having spent 10 years in the Forces, we shouldn’t really expect anything less.

This sunlit and jaffa-hued perfection represents the culmination of a lifelong fascination with any- and everything with wheels and an engine.

“It all started at the age of five, when my Dad bought me an Italjet 49cc bike,” he recalls. “I knew from that day that