Friends and their wheels / pt.15: Ragdan El-Akabi

24 August 2009

One of the great things about London is the fact that one meets a wide variety of people from all over the world, from the mildly original to the wildly eccentric. Nowhere else in the world could I have encountered Ragdan El-Akabi.

Dressed like Rudolf Valentino on holidays in Havana, Ragdan is a flamenco guitar-playing-gentleman, vintage car racer, tango teacher, German art collector, Iraki and international business man, and general bon vivant bordering on the hedonistic.

Here he is with some of his toys…

1939 BMW R Sidecar:

1972 Ducati Scrambler:

1969 Ducati Silver Shotgun:

1966 Porsche 911R Short Wheel Base:

With a 1973 Porsche 911 RS Lightweight:

Nice sponsor:

1999 Ferrari Maranello 550:

And a 1973 Porsche 911 RS:

Mark Eley and I did a world tour on the Gumball rally in that car a few years back – thanks to Ragdan: