Chavik Indy Roadster

He opened his own garage, Hot-Rod Chavik, in Zlín in 2003 and worked 65 hours a week trying to build interesting vehicles within the Czech Republic’s asphyxiating rules controlling vehicle modifications. He got a whole bunch of tattoos to relieve the stress and binged on American car movies such as Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry. His wife, Dagmar – ‘Daisy’, as she is now known – is petite and angelic, but she talks decisively and in better-lubricated English than Stanley (such that she often finishes his sentences). She presents a striking contrast to Stanley’s furry frame, which is almost as broad from the waist up as it is tall.