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Ant Anstead’s latest series captures the start of a dream project for the car lover — and his biggest personal risk to date.
“This is personally a huge risk for me,” Anstead tells PEOPLE of the high stakes business venture in an exclusive interview. “We have seven people, and we privately funded this. We are doing it. We’re risking everything.”
The lean team’s masterpiece is the Radford Type 62-2, “a reimagined version of the fabled Lotus Type 62,” according to a press release. And, spoiler alert, it alreadywon a major awardat the motorsports festival Goodwood, beating out Ferrari, McLaren, Lamborghini, Bugatti and others, Anstead notes.
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“I knew that we were taking on a monumentally difficult project in an industry that’s really tough, because we are up against some big brands with some big funding,” he says. “We just had to collectively believe in what we were do doing.”
While it was the fulfillment of a lifelong dream to put the art of coach building in the spotlight, the process was, at times, a harrowing one for the star. “I’m not sure that comes across as much as it should on the show,” he jokes. “Not as much as the sleepless nights I have.”
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And Anstead is already planning for future seasons. “It’s been quite restrained in this first season, but this was a big, big deal for all of us.”
Radford Rebornwill be available to stream on multiple services viaSpeedvisionon April 14.
source: people.com
