Hello, I'm Sam!

I've always been into cars. It's only natural given that I was born into a family completely obsessed with them.

Much of my early childhood was spent watching films like Herby, Cars™ or The Italian Job.

As I got a bit older, my brother Tom (who is 5 years older than me) started Rallying all over the country, and so I was often taken along for moral support! When not away rallying, we'd spend most of our weekends in the Workshop taking in as much information as we could. Eventually graduating onto doing work for our own cars.

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At 15 I left school due to the Covid 19 Pandemic, and whilst this was unsettling it did give me the opportunity to spend even more valuable time in the workshop. SVP offered me the chance to get some professional work experience ahead of beginning my apprenticeship, alongside gaining some driving experience in Amatuer Club Sport Competitions.

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The DAY I turned 16, I signed up for an apprenticeship alongside SVP. During my apprenticeship I spent most of my free time abroad or at UK circuits as part of a race team. Speed, Mechanical Knowledge and Problem Solving became core values to me and helped massively with my development as a mechanic.

Whilst weekdays provided a more stable learning environment which allowed me to nurture my skills of rebuilding historic racecars to FIA specifications.

 

I've therefore gained a niche wealth of knowledge which to this day I continue to expand.

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Post-Apprenticeship: I've continued rebuilding engines/gearboxes (Something most apprentices could only have dreamed of). My favourite being the 2L 1966 SWB Porsche engine.

I took it upon myself to learn everything possible about Air-Cooled Porsche and have landed myself as the SVP Air-Cooled encyclopedia. Making sure to get all of the tiny details perfect on each and every job we do.

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And to this day, I'm still completely obsessed with our four-wheeled (sometimes three-wheeled) machines.