In The Beginning...

When Adam Fiander decided he wanted the 1960s purity of a Mk1 GT6, he found the perfect example in Lady Rouge, but had to tread carefully to make her his own.

Adam Fiander can trace his love of cars back to his dad, whom he describes as ‘a serial buyer who changed his car every two years.’ And because they were Fiander Senior’s passion, he bought performance cars like Scimitars, Mercedes, Jaguars and BMWs when other dads were making do with Cortinas and 1100s. For ten-year-old Adam, it was all very exciting indeed.

When he grew out of his schoolboy shorts and into driving gloves, Adam also exhibited a passion for cars, but in his case it was for classic sports cars that acted as relief from the monotony of company cars. Frogeye Sprite, MGB GTV8, Triumph GT6 Mk2 and TR6 – all came and went en route to the Mk1 GT6 in our pictures.

‘I actually prefer coupés to roadsters,’ says Adam, ‘the concept of the design. It all comes down to having something different to the family car, so I have always gone for two door classics.’

Not just two doors, but broadly speaking two seats as well. That was all well and good when he was young, free and single, and was still viable when it was just Adam and wife Michelle, but the couple now have two boys aged eight and ten, so it must be a bit of a squeeze in the GT6. ‘Michelle is not as interested in the cars as me, but she does come to some shows,’ explains Adam. ‘We’ll then take two cars, and more often than not the kids will travel in the family car with her.

‘I only do four or five events a year these days,’ he continues, ‘though I used to do more. I’ve certainly done all the big ones such as the Le Mans Classic. I like it when there is a journey involved, but with a great event at the end rather than just sitting in a field. Getting up early and being out on the road is a great feeling.’