Based outside Wellington — a 90-minute drive from Cape Town, South Africa — we find a passionate Land Rover Collector. You cannot call the place a garage. It would have made a perfect lounge or elaborate dining hall: instead, Jacques Smit (nicknamed Nekkies) filled it with some of the best and most-collectible Land-Rovers in South Africa. And, rather appropriately, proudly displayed on your right as you enter the hall, is a lovely collection of model cars. Until recently, he had a beautiful classic two-door Range Rover, but that has gone to a new home. Not only is “all things Land Rover” Nekkies’ passion, but it is his business, as well: He services, maintains, restores, and customizes these cars through his company, Gateway Offroad Centre.
As is often the case, Nekkies’…