KISSIMMEE, Fla., Nov. 08, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — E.C.D. Automotive Design (E.C.D.), the world’s largest restoration firm specializing in revamping traditional Defenders, unique Range Rover Classics and restored Jaguar E-Types into bespoke luxurious builds, immediately pronounces its official transfer to a brand new 100,000-square-foot headquarters in Kissimmee, Fla. Dubbed the “Rover Dome” this huge, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility took 13 months to finish and was rigorously designed to exponentially scale E.C.D.’s capabilities for optimum effectivity whereas sustaining the distinctive high quality and meticulous consideration to element attribute of E.C.D.’s luxurious model. Images of this new facility are HERE.
Envisioned over a couple of packs of beer by three British “petrol heads” with a shared love for previous Defenders, E.C.D. arose from humble beginnings in 2013. Initially primarily based out of a tiny one-bay warehouse, the founders labored numerous 18-hour days along with a handful of workers, stripping down these classic vans and meticulously rebuilding them to every shopper’s style over a 2,200-hour construct course of whereas preserving the status of the antiques. Gaining renown because of the corporate’s premier concierge-style shopper expertise, engineering prowess, exact high quality management and starvation to push boundaries by means of innovation, E.C.D. advanced right into a thriving multi-million-dollar enterprise with loyal clientele and a skyrocketing demand for its increasing line-up of custom-restored Jaguar Land Rover builds.
The new and improved Rover Dome brings this trade chief to the following stage of its development journey. Clients are welcomed to the upgraded design studio, the place they sit all the way down to design their very personal dream automobile – personalizing every part from engine kind to physique colour and every part in between to create one thing really distinctive. The showroom, that includes a show of attractive E.C.D. builds which might be both able to ship out to their endlessly house or are primed for resale, excites and evokes any customer. The immense facility additionally has a simulated off-road observe appropriate for test-driving every car’s capabilities.
Doubled warehouse capability and the scale-up to 2 manufacturing strains with a push-forward manufacturing mannequin permits E.C.D. to finish over 100 one-of-one autos a 12 months, fully in-house and all underneath one roof. Delineated by flooring decals that decision again to the London Underground’s distinct roundel indicators, the south line and north line every have a specialised focus. The north line focuses on {custom} one-of-one classic Defender and previous Range Rover Classic builds whereas the south line focuses on Special Editions, Jaguar E-Type restorations and tuning up autos despatched again for auto guarantee. Sourced from E.C.D.’s international logistics center within the U.Okay., base autos present process restoration are available one finish of the ability and out the opposite, with as much as six autos at a time passing by means of completely different phases of growth on every service line each 4 days. From engine set up to electronics to upholstery and extra, every division consists of workforce members which might be specialists of their apply.
Most excellent of all is the Rover Dome’s half-million-dollar, state-of-the-art paint lab, full with a prep station, a paint sales space, infrared, warmth lamps and extra. With paint provided by international colour chief PPG, E.C.D. can paint-to-sample any hue. Each physique panel is prepped, primed, polished and inspected with a magnifying glass to make sure a clean, flawless end. Finally, an hooked up Driver’s Club meets any and all post-sale shopper service wants from storage to upkeep and upgrading. The Driver’s Club hosts unique member days and occasions the place E.C.D. drivers can share their ardour for one-of-one custom-built autos.
For extra info on the best way to construct your individual car please go to ecdautodesign.com. You can view E.C.D.’s skilled craftsmen and technicians onerous at work by way of six reside cameras, streamed day by day on E.C.D. Live.
About E.C.D. Automotive Design
E.C.D. Automotive Design (E.C.D.) is a creator of restored luxurious autos that mixes traditional English magnificence with fashionable efficiency. Each car produced by E.C.D. is absolutely bespoke, a one-off that’s designed by the shopper by means of an immersive luxurious design expertise and hand-built from the bottom up in 2,200 hours by master-certified ASE craftsmen. The firm was based in 2013 by three British “petrol heads” whose ardour for traditional autos is the driving power behind exceptionally excessive requirements for high quality, {custom} luxurious autos. E.C.D.’s international headquarters, referred to as the “Rover Dome,” is a 100,000-square-foot facility situated in Kissimmee, Fla. that’s house to 63 gifted craftsmen and technicians, who maintain a mixed 61 ASE and 5 grasp degree certifications. E.C.D. has a logistics middle within the U.Okay. the place its seven workers work to supply and transport 25-year-old work autos again to the U.S. for restoration.
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