odisyy

North Devon · One driveway · Twelve months

Interesting vehicles. Builds. Stories.
And whatever happens next.

After nearly thirty years in construction, Stuart walked away to buy machines with stories in them, fix what he can on a driveway and film all of it. Including the bits that go wrong.

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Stuart leaning on the Hilux

Latest film

I Left Construction to Start a Vehicle Business

Film I'm an Introvert. So Naturally, I'm Starting a YouTube Channel. Film Questionable Decisions. From a Volvo 340 to a Supra and now a battered Hilux Film She Wanted a Porsche. I Bought Her a BMW X1.

The machines

Every one bought for the story. Some of them for good reasons.

The Hilux from behind on a moorland lane On the drive

Toyota Hilux

Sold as needing a little attention. That was generous. Dents in every panel, a hole through the seat, a clutch on its last legs. Going to fix it, not erase it.

White Datsun 280ZX, front three-quarter view Arriving Friday 13th

Datsun 280ZX

One owner for decades, under the South African sun. Seats worn through and the cassette player still works. Their chapter’s finished. This one’s just starting.

Champagne Mercedes 190E, front three-quarter view Just bought

Mercedes 190E

A 1993 showroom display car, then thirty years and 139,000 miles with one owner. It left the showroom without a soul. It has one now.

Lou’s white BMW X1 on black alloys, finished Finished

Lou’s BMW X1

Build 001. Paint correction, new wheels, a reversing camera and CarPlay. Lou has it now, doing the job it was bought for.

A business built around a life. Not a life built around a business.

One life. Your journey.

Illustration of the Hilux with a stag behind it

The story

Nearly thirty years managing risk. Then he bought a truck blind.

Stuart spent his career on construction sites and in consultancy, working with good people on serious projects. odisyy is what came next: no premises, no plan to pretend he's an expert, just interesting machines, a North Devon driveway and our circle helping along the way.

He's new to filming and learning the mechanics as he goes. If you know how to fix what he's breaking, he'd love to hear from you.

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The story collection

Seven machines. Seven stories. Printed in the UK.

Big Red, The Ridgeway Years, Entirely Unjustified Confidence and four more. Coming soon. Tell us which one you'd wear and it goes first.

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Big Red: where it started design
Big Red: where it started
The Ridgeway Years design
The Ridgeway Years
Entirely Unjustified Confidence design
Entirely Unjustified Confidence
One Day. Now. design
One Day. Now.