Who is Born To Roll?

We are Scott McDougall and Miles Willis.

We first started work together at Unit 7 in 2017 for John Piper at Piper Special Vehicles. We both worked closely under John, a designer and engineer with an illustrious career working for Williams and Benetton Formula One teams, Prodrive and Jaguar. Whilst working at PSV, we experienced a wide range of engineering projects, from a complete restoration of a Le Mans winning pre-war Riley to designing an electric-powered Austin Healey Frogeye Sprite concept car.

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In 2023, when John retired from Piper Special Vehicles, we made the decision to continue working together from the same premises, but under a new name… Born To Roll.

But it’s not just a job, as we are both self-confessed petrolheads, enthusiastic about anything on either four or two wheels. In our spare time you could easily find us working on one of our many car or motorcycle projects.

We love all types of historic vehicles and are at home working on a range of classic car and motorcycle makes and marques whether British, European or Japanese, original heritage, custom or race-ready.

Having spent several years creating custom-built, made-to-order classic cars for various clients, there’s not much we haven’t done. We love all aspects of a restoration, from bodywork repairs and modifications to mechanical and electrical upgrades.

We cover Bristol and the surrounding areas, but our customers come from all over the South-West including Somerset, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire, South Wales and Oxfordshire. We use a professional car transportation company so have had customers as far as Kent.

Our unit is secure and we always maintain a clean and orderly working environment. We take pride in the service we provide and we take seriously the responsibility we have whilst your cherished car or motorcycle is in our care.

If you have a project idea, no matter how small or complex, we’d love to hear from you!