MAGNETO FEATURES D-TYPE RESTORATION

Restoration
Written By Simon Aldridge
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The current issue of Magneto (Issue 23) features one of our D-type restorations - the Ecurie Ecosse Short Nose XKD 561. The incredible photos by Sam Chick were made over a two year period, documenting the car as it was taken back to bare metal in our workshops. The car was revealed to be surprisingly original, and was carefully rebuilt retaining all of the original metalwork.

Photos: @samchickphotography

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"I’ve spent the last two years documenting at intervals one of only six D-types contested by Scottish racing team Ecurie Ecosse as XKD 561 underwent something more akin to forensic archeology than restoration by @ckldevelopments You can read the full story by @octanesimon (Simon Aldridge) commissioned for issue 23 of @magnetomagazine."

- Sam Chick

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Thank you to the owner and Fiskens for making this feature possible, to Simon Aldridge for putting words to Sam Chick's incredible photographs, and to David Lillywhite, Peter Allen, Sarah Bradley and the team at Magneto Magazine. You can see the full story in the current issue of Magneto (Issue 23).

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Simon Aldridge

Born in London in 1974, Simon Aldridge is an artist, architect, and designer. After earning a BSc degree from London’s Bartlett School, he won a Kennedy Scholarship to Harvard where he studied art and architecture. It was at Harvard’s Carpenter Center, designed and established by Le Corbusier, that he was taught to think of art and design together. His inter-disciplinary practice today merges these theories with contemporary post-conceptual culture.

http://www.simonaldridge.com
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