Rebuilt classics live to rev another day. With so many cars on Dubai's roads, spotting a real classic might be harder than you think. GNTV spoke to classic car enthusiasts about their passion for returning old favorites to the road. See more at: http://gulfnews.com/gntv
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00:00My father used to have classic cars, so it's a tradition from father to son, and I just
00:18take over this beautiful passion, it's great, you know, since my early ages I would say
00:23I've been into cars.
00:25We have founded the Exoclass about two years ago to get together, you know, the community
00:33of exotic and classic cars in the country to come along and to be together and making
00:40sure that people are passionate about cars are getting along together, you know, that's
00:45the most important for us.
00:51This has been my dream car when I was growing up, as a kid, so hence the reason why I'm
00:57holding on to it for almost 15 years now.
01:01It's a restomod, it's not entirely original classic, but that's the way I like it, so
01:06I can have best of both worlds, new age underneath and from the exterior it's the old school
01:13looks.
01:14I've always loved cars and I like the idea of bringing a car back to life again, you
01:19know, a second chance, so when I was in Canada I restored Triumphs and MGs and Lotuses and
01:25old rusty Jags and I grew up with some muscle cars back there too, but the 67 Mustang I
01:32brought here because it had been restored for shows basically and the car had been brought
01:37back from near death and it looks like a brand new car now.
01:41So it's nice to have that passion I think to get involved with a car and its intricacies
01:47down to the nuts and bolts and washers and every little bit of metal, you know, to bring
01:52it back to life again and give it a second chance and show off what was iconographic
01:56about an era.
01:581966 E-Type Jaguar, 2 plus 2 coupe, that's the car that I have now, she's been completely
02:06renovated from when she was discovered in America, she's now done a thousand miles since
02:13her rebuild and linking it with my passion for football, my football team Sheffield Wednesday
02:19were founded in 1867 and the number plate on the car is 1867 and we've appeared in the
02:27football programme at our home football stadium at Hillsborough.