V-ATE is relocating from Main Road, Langrick, to the A17 Sutterton roundabout to take advantage of a more prominent location and give it scope to introduce a take-out service. An automotive-themed restaurant, work is under way to furnish it with more eye-popping items inspired by the motoring world. As with its original site, scrap vehicles are featuring in the designs. Victoria Burden, from the business, said: “We never use a base vehicle that would be able to go back out on the road. Everything you see in V-ATE is either made from brand new panels or was a lost cause left to rot or be stripped for parts.” The transformations have been carried out primarily by Victoria’s father Bob Wilding, helped by her husband Neil – two other members of the team behind the business.
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Adding flames ... Photo: Midlands
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... and now looking completely transformed. The table will come with 12 matching stools which have been modified in-house. Photo: Midlands
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"Our Ferrari was a 1973 400GT that was badly damaged and written off over 25 years ago and then stored upside down so it had rotted in the strangest places," said Victoria. Photo: Midlands
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About 50 per cent of the metal in the Ferrari seat has been replaced in the refurbishment. Photo: Midlands