Matt has been an integral part of the Bell family for over 5 years now and was one of the architects of the move to our current premises. Starting the project from ‘a hole in the ground’ in 2016 and seeing it through to its present impressive form that we all enjoy today.Before he joined Bell Classics back in the Gibraltar Farm days he spent many years servicing and restoring historic Ferraris at DK Engineering, with a particular niche in the F car and race car market.Along with his extensive workshop experience with Ferrari F40s and F50s, Matt has also spent many seasons track-side providing team race support and competing in various Challenge series as driver.Today Matt’s involved in sales as well as the workshop side, and he has helped widen our focus to include more modern machinery.His career started as a Ferrari apprentice technician in 1998 at H.R. Owen.

DK ENGINEERING Feb 2006 – 2016
Senior Race and Service Technician
Race preparation for modern and historic cars from initial build to race weekend maintenance and setup. Race cars include classic Ferrari, C2 Le Mans cars, Chevron B8s and GT40Carry out service and repair work to prestigious modern super cars and historic classic carsProblem solving, fault finding and diagnosis workEngine buildingFull turnkey restoration workQuality control checkingResponsible for the day to day running of the workshop floor Service DepartmentManage a team of technicians of both junior and senior levelsResponsible for arranging customer quotes for any necessary repair work, and resolving any customer complaints Organise annual events such as the Goodwood Festival of Speed and Revival, Classic Spa Six Hour, Snetterton 3 Hour and various other European eventsAssist with marketing events such as Auto Italia at Brook lands, MPH Top Gear Show etc, where I am responsible for vehicle movements, demonstrations and organisation of the standsIn my spare time, I also helped build, prepare and race various C2 Le Mans cars and BMW’s for the Kumo Cup