Galvanising nation's history

REPLICA OF HISTORIC BRITISH CAR WILL STAND THE TEST OF TIME THANKS TO HULL COMPANY

- By DEBORAH HALL

A FULL-scale model of an historic car has received special treatment from a Hull firm to ensure it is preserved and can be enjoyed by generations to come.

The replica was designed by American-born filmmaker Mark Reber, founder of Clevedon Cars and Coffee, on the North Somerset coast, which has been bringing car enthusiasts together since 2022. The full-size model commemorates the Stephens, the very first entirely British designed and built motor car (in a series), manufactured 127 years ago.

It has been protected from the elements by Humber Galvanizing, part of Wedge Group Galvanizing Ltd. The company has previously offered its services to protect a huge sculpture of a dragon and in the past has dipped a life-size steel Swaledale ram and two ewes, for Holderness born sculptor Emma Stothard, for a garden entry at RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

When Mark first became aware of the links to Stephens Engineering and Motor Car Works, he was sur prised that nobody at his car meet knew anything about it.