ABOUT

ANTHONY “ANT” PARTRIDGE

Anthony Partridge is a world‑class custom motorcycle designer, TV presenter and vintage car hunter with nearly two decades of full‑time custom‑building experience. After 25 years in Spain he’s built one of the country’s biggest custom shops, turning out headline bikes for major manufacturers across Europe and sourcing “unobtainable” exotic and classic cars for high‑profile clients worldwide.

Since 2017, he’s been front and centre on Discovery / Warner Bros, presenting hit series Goblin Works Garage and spin‑off Goblin Works Mod Shop—getting paid to do what he was already doing: build ridiculous machines, bend rules and occasionally himself. He’s consulted, designed and built for brands and clients in USA, Canada, Germany, France, Holland, the UK and beyond, in everything from pristine R&D facilities to sheds and living rooms that were never meant to see a rolling chassis.

Away from the workshop, Ant writes and develops TV projects. He’s written seven non‑scripted series and even co‑wrote and stars in a gangland drama that’s just filmed two pilot episodes for one of the biggest streaming platforms on the planet (name redacted until the lawyers say otherwise).

Because apparently that wasn’t enough chaos, in 2019 he ticked off another lifelong itch: stand‑up comedy. His first ever gig was on stage at the Leicester Comedy Festival—no open‑mic warm‑up, straight into the deep end. Since then he’s been writing and performing around the UK whenever he can squeeze gigs in between engines, shoots and airports.

When he’s not on screen or on stage, he’s hunting cars and motorcycles. For the past 10 years Ant has been tracking down vintage machinery for friends and famous clients worldwide. In his world, there’s no such thing as “unobtainable”—there’s just “you don’t know the right dodgy bastards yet.” With his black book, if it’s got wheels and still exists, he can probably find it.

That path wasn’t exactly straight. Born in the UK, raised in Canada and weaponised in Spain, Ant has spent most of his life either on two wheels, under four, or in just enough trouble to make a good story nearly unbelievable. He got his first bike at age 11, setting the tone for a future full of petrol fumes, questionable decisions and very fast machinery.

His love affair with metal started even earlier, apprenticing as a machinist at the foundry where his dad worked. He fell for the sparks and the precision—and very quickly realised he didn’t want to spend his life clocking in and out of a factory. So he left. And then he did… well, pretty much everything.

His CV reads like thirteen different people’s mid‑life crises: machinist and tool‑and‑die maker, engineer on superyachts, commercial ship designer and builder, project manager in ship repair, supercar mechanic, divemaster and dive instructor, competition flair bartender, co‑founder of Europe’s first bartending school, nightclub owner/manager, restaurant manager and consultant, construction worker, furniture designer, interior designer and a truly terrible actor in his first acting gig in his own web series “American Iron Meets Driver.”

Through all of it, the one constant was bikes. A first lemon of a Harley lit the fuse—he didn’t just want to ride them, he was forced to rip them apart and rebuild them louder, faster and slightly more dangerous. A bad purchase turned into a dream job at a new custom shop in Marbella with his best mate Pete followed, right up until the money ran out and they were both shown the door.

Ant and Pete regrouped, planning their own dream workshop. Three years of graft later, they were almost there when tragedy hit: Pete was killed in a bike crash in Germany. It could have ended the dream. Instead, fate threw another like‑minded lunatic into Ant’s path. They teamed up, opened a new custom shop and Ant took creative control.

From total obscurity he built a brand from scratch. Within three years he was taking commissions from major motorcycle companies, turning out jaw‑dropping customs, designing production parts and creating apparel for riders who wanted their kit to look as sharp as their bikes. He’s now recognised for fusing old‑school style with modern hi-performance tech—vintage cool, but with fewer oil leaks.

What really stuck though wasn’t just the metalwork and meticulous attn. to detail… it was the way he treated people. Ant built his reputation not only on his outrageous builds, but on actually replying to messages, somehow hitting insane deadlines, and treating customers like fellow petrolhead friends instead of invoice numbers.

These days, if he’s not filming, writing, wrenching, racing or shouting offensive jokes into a microphone, you’ll find him at car and bike shows somewhere on the planet—riding, sliding or generally causing mayhem on anything with two or four wheels.

If ADHD grew a beard, grabbed a grinder and stole your socket set, it’d probably look a lot like Ant Partridge. If it goes fast, makes noise and isn’t entirely sensible, there’s a very good chance he’s involved.