Lee Docherty last appeared on these hallowed pages back in April 2018. His more door Mk3 left-hooker Harlequin VR6 tribute was not for the faint of heart, taking multicoloured colour coding and Lego-themed detailing to the extreme. Hell, he even wore a life-size Lego head for the cover shoot! Even though the Bonnybridge-based 44-year-old car sales manager and detailer pushed the boundaries before with attention to detail and the ‘x-factor’ of his Harlequin Golf, we’d seen the general idea elsewhere. The same can’t be said for his new three-door build though, this thing well and truly struts to the sound of its own ruleless jazz beat.
Lee’s automotive journey started fairly typically with an insurance-friendly Fiat Cinquecento at the tender age of 17. The Fiats got progressively faster, and he had his first Volkswagen Group experience with a Skoda Fabia VRS. He did the Blue Oval thing for a while with a concours Focus RS and then a Series 1 RS Turbo that he felt a bit awkward about being too radical with and felt the wrath of the more militant wing of their owners. The desire to get his creative teeth into a build ultimately led him
