Henry Pearman

Eagle E-types founder and car collector

’I SAW IT PARKED ON A DRIVEWAY AND loved it. That was it for me. I just knew the E-type was going to be my life.’ As childhood prophecies go, few can top that of Henry Pearman, founder of Eagle E-types and custodian of a truly epic car collection.

You know you’re dealing with someone with a serious obsession when it takes them a full day to compile a list of all the cars they’ve owned. Sorry, a list of all the significant cars they’ve owned. Then again, when you learn Pearman bought his first car aged just 15 years old, and has relentlessly bought and sold cars ever since, you know that list is going to be a long one.

Visiting Pearman should come with a health warning. The first time he showed me his car collection must be the best part of 20 years ago, yet there’s a corner of my mind that remains utterly blown by what I saw. Two decades later the scale and scope of Pearman’s collection – which has grown considerably and is now spread across multiple locations – still rocks me on my heels.

What you see is all