Titus Rowlandson at Victory Garage.

In the late 80’s I started helping out at the legendary garage of Dan Margulies in London. Dan’s passion for Italian cars, particularly Maserati and Lancia, with the occasional Ferrari and Alfa for good measure, is well known and with his racing experience he dictated that the cars drive as they were designed to and not just look pretty.
Much of the beauty in his cars was in the engineering. Who couldn’t be enthused by a 1948 Maserati’s 4CLT engine with twin superchargers and 16 valves all wrapped up in fabulous magnesium, aluminium and bronze castings?

When, after over 40 years, Dan closed his doors and retired I moved with two of his employees, Edward Wodehouse and Patrick Blakeney-Edwards, to their new business next to the Alfa 8C guru, Paul Grist. With many cars from Dan’s workshop, Patrick’s VSCC Frazer Nash chain gang connections and Paul’s ‘blue chip’ cars there was never a dull moment. On a recent trip to South Africa I'd picked up a '74 GT Junior with hard tyres and soft bushes. This made the commute from South London to Hertfordshire very enjoyable - and I became an expert in opposite lock cornering! But eventually even the pleasure of three hours a day thrashing an old Alfa through London wore thin, so when a workshop came up in Peckham, it seemed the right moment to start up my own place. With 105 Series Alfas under my skin it wasn’t hard to choose which cars to concentrate on.
Slowly and steadily business grew and out-grew South London. A relocation to Suffolk and the opening of Victory Garage brought us to where we are today. The majority of the work is restoration and track preparation but no job is too small. Often a car can transformed by a quick tune up!

Take a stroll through the site and see projects past and present. If you’ve an Alfa needing work or you’re thinking about buying one and want to know what to look for drop me a line or telephone the workshop.

Titus Rowlandson