The ones that rely on a few choice modifications, instead of mind bending suspension modifications, complex engine swaps and bodywork hand designed by an Italian coach-builder. Some of the finest modified cars out there are the simplest. So why was I so keen to bounce my face off a tree? Because what Dean has done is what anyone of us could have done, but didn’t. I’d known of it’s recent completion having seen the car on a forum thread, but as we all know the real world is so much better. I felt like banging my head against a wall when I first saw Dean Meeson’s Lotus Esprit, that was at the Retro-Rides Gathering back in August.