1965 Triumph 2.5 Pi for James Elliott of Octane Magazine

Earlier in the year, our team carried out some paint work on Octane Magazine’s Editor In Chief – James Elliott’s beloved Triumph 2000 2.5 Pi; adding a fresh layer of Cactus Green. James has recently collected his now complete Triumph following a restoration and has documented it on his Instagram.

This particular vehicle came to us after preparation from JGD Classic Services, rather than a full Peacock Prestige bare-metal respray. This meant this stunning little Triumph did not benefit from our multi-stage coatings system, however that does not detract away from the finished result.

Rather than the full concours show finish that we are known for, Triumph owners will often opt for our standard paint finish. This is still a level above what was produced from the factory but isn’t quite as fancy as our famous prestige finish.

Local Triumph specialists based out of Canley Classics, we paint several Triumph vehicles for JGD Classic Services in this way, including the Triumph Spitfire pictured below.

Owner of the 2.5 Pi and Editor In Chief, James Elliott, has documented the restoration of his beloved “Cactus” across articles in Octane Magazine.

“IT IS A VERY unfair truism that paintshops are the goal-hangers of the classic car world. But, like goals, paint is everything. Poor old James Godfrey-Dunne has been slaving away at my Triumph for almost a year just to give the paintshop a decent canvas to work on; then, after less than two weeks at Peacock Prestige, you can guess who is going to be getting all the glory. For covering up James’ 11 months of hard graft, what’s more. But how they have covered it…“

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🌵 Octane Magazine’s James Elliott’s beloved “Cactus”

♬ What You Won’t Do for Love – Bobby Caldwell

James Godfrey-Dunne of JGD Classic Services, who carries out full nut and bolt restorations on Triumph cars, more often than not prepares and primes the vehicles himself before sending them to our workshop for the final colour.

“Since JGD Classic Services took my car on, James had never considered anyone other than Peacock Prestige (peacockprestige.com) for the paint – he had used them in a previous life at JLR Classic and continued to ever since – and I must say I was equally impressed with what I had seen of their work. For the sort of guy who still thinks a ‘paint job’ costs £700, is advertised in the front of the Thames Valley Trader and can be done on the street outside your house, visiting Peacock’s set-up in the shadow of Coventry City’s football stadium mid-job was an eye-opener. It is very impressive, with three booths, clinical cleanliness and a wide range of cars in, plenty of them Jags.”

Proud owner James goes on to say:

“Four coats, 15 minutes apart, painstakingly matched to some of the early 1990s Cactus Green that they had found minty-fresh in one of the door jambs. Plus a wonderfully lustrous new shimmer of black on the roof. It zings. Peacock Prestige have done a magnificent job that just brings the car alive and I can’t recommend them enough.

I am so pleased that I let James talk me gently into a situation in which I ‘might as well get the engine bay done while they are at it’, but now slightly disappointed that I didn’t add the inside and boot to the list. Even though no-one is ever going to see them.”

– James Elliott, Octane Magazine

Read the full article and more on this project at Octane-Magazine.com

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