NOW WE’RE MOTORING
With all the emphasis on recycling and the environment these days, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s a modern concept. However, Jim Gray maintains he’s been doing it his whole working life – amounting to almost 40 years now.
Jim is the proprietor of The Engine Shop, based near Erith in Kent – they specialise in reconditioning VW engines and, with literally thousands of rebuilds, he can take credit for saving a huge amount of resources, not to mention saving the owners large sums of money. Compared to buying a brand-new engine priced at several thousands, the original unit can usually be reconditioned at considerably less.
Life-long learning
Jim began his journey back in the late Seventies, while still at school, when he started a Saturday job at VW specialists Volkspares, based in Sydenham. After completing a course in mechanical engineering, Jim returned to Volkspares to work in the engine department and rose through the ranks to become workshop manager.
It was during this time that Jim also indulged an interest in
