Dean Butler was born in Pennsylvania, started off his working life at Procter & Gamble, and although he gained his degree in chemistry, he founded optical giant LensCrafters, sold it and moved to the UK to create Vision Express.
He bought an MG TD at age 16, and 60 years later, still has it!
he has also collected a couple cars, some you may have heard of:
Louis Chiron’s 1931 Monaco GP-winning Bugatti Type 51;
one of the three Allard-Cadillac JRs that raced at Le Mans in 1953;
an ex-factory Maserati 8CTF, which also won the Pikes Peak hill climb in 1948 driven by Louis Unser
and the four wheel drive Miller
His brother Don runs the car restoration business Zakira’s Garage in Cincinatti, on 6219 Wooster Pike, which was begun from passion and the necessity to service their incredible collection of cars, raced in the UK under the moniker EDB Racing.
and Zakira's specializes in Miller race cars, producing three Miller designs from scratch: the supercharged 122-cubic-inch and 91-cubic-inch fours, plus the V-16 originally intended for use in the Cord L-29.
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