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Meet Rob Myers By Bruce Corcoran bruce@chathamvoice.com
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Chatham’s Rob Myers, the main force behind RM Sotheby’s and RM Classic Cars, opened up to The Chatham Voice recently.
Rob Myers looks back on 40 years of car restoration with a smile. This is the man who basically started with nothing more than a dream, and has built up auto restoration and auction businesses that do more than half a billion dollars a year in sales. Myers grew up with an interest in anything with wheels and a motor. In 1976, he essentially flipped the ignition to
start on his ride into entrepreneurship. “I did it out of my pants pocket,” he said. “I started painting motorcycles. I’m a bit of an artist.” He expanded to a onecar garage shortly thereafter. “I’d buy the odd bit of junk, take it and fix it,” Myers said. In 1979, he opened a dedicated restoration and sales facility, RM Auto Restoration. He recalled one of his first “big” jobs. Continued on page 4
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