Steves Auto Services was started up by Steve Griffin Wintle in 2004 He has been obsessive about vehicles and mechanics since he was a young child always in the garage modifying his own cars and bikes as well as building assorted toys e g Minis Pipe cars Beach Buggies and various motor bikes For a short time in his early 20s he worked on Minis from his garage and then went on to work for a company building Ford GT40s to be exported to the USA He was offered a position to open a manufacturing plant for this company in Thailand but turned it down as he felt he had more to offer here in South Africa by starting his own business In his spare time he built 2 Pipe Cars in 1996 He entered his one into the VW Bug Fest competition in 1997 and won 3rd place He then started building a custom