Classic Car Kings launches on U&YESTERDAY
Editor Mike Morley worked on this new series following Paul “Irv” Irving and his sons in Cumbria as they restore classic cars with passion, skill, and personality – bringing them back from the brink!
If you’re a fan of classic cars this one is definitely for you!
The team at Irv’s Resto Shop are world renowned for their work rescuing classic cars that appear to be beyond repair. Big character, Paul “Irv” Irving, and his three sons love taking on the most ambitious, challenging jobs. Their crew of welders, fabricators, blasters, painters and mechanics have the knowledge, skills and the passion to bring vehicles not just back from the brink, but onto the concourse. These classic car kings are restoration royalty.
With no two jobs ever the same, the series sees Irv and his team tackle a host of challenges across a variety of demanding restoration jobs on vehicles including; a 1973 Lamborghini Espada, a 1968 Porsche 911, a 1978 Daimler Coupe, a 1980s Ford Escort RS, a 1949 VW Beetle, and a VW Samaba bus from the 1950s which originally arrives in the workshop as a cardboard box of bits.
Editor Mike Morley worked across the series, a hands on car enthusiast himself he shared;
“As the final editor on the team, I was in charge of shaping the last few sequences of each episode—bringing the vehicles to completion, revealing the finished builds, and delivering them to some very happy clients.
I helped set the style and format for these reveals and tied all of the episodes together in a way that felt consistent. With some great footage in the garage and final driving scenes I had fun building up these concluding sequences while also tightening and tidying each episode from rough cut through to picture lock.
This was a bit of a dream job for me—I’m into cars myself and enjoy getting hands on, so I really appreciated the skill and detail that Irv and his team put into each build. Getting to explore the world behind the scenes of something I’m genuinely interested in made the whole project a real pleasure.”
