1964, ’67 & ’71 Corvettes MR CORVETTE

If there was any enthusiast totally enthused with and inspired by the Corvette model, then it would have to be Jeff Shadbolt; his commitment and passion for them knows no bounds. He has even established his own club, CAPS (Corvette Appreciation and Preservation Society) but more of that later. His interest in the model started from a very early age and would lead him and business partner and long time friend Craig, into establishing Essex Corvettes, based in Mountnessing. The company specialised in importing Corvettes, ostensibly from the USA, and then selling them. Essex Corvettes was active for several years before Jeff and Craig embarked upon new projects and the company ceased trading.

“I owned my first Corvette, a lovely white 1980 C3, in the early Nineties,” remembers Jeff. “In the mid-Nineties I purchased a red