ECD Auto Design

The name ECD Auto Design is short for its original name East Coast Defender Automotive Design.[1][2] The company was founded in Kissimmee, Florida, where it has a 30,000 square-foot production facility,[3] and it also has a design studio in Malibu, California.[4] The company was founded in 2013 by Tom Humble, his brother Elliot Humble, and Scott Wallace,[5] after the three moved from the U.K. to the United States.[6]

The initial origins of the business was the acquisition of U.S. Land Rovers for export to the U.K. and Europe.[7] The company now produces about fifty different remodeling projects per year in the United States, acquiring discontinued cars from overseas and remodeling them in California and Florida.[8][9] Projects have included in 2019 Project Neo Land Rover Defender, which is a remodeling of the Land Rover Defender,[2] and a part of their line of Land Rovers that began with remodeled Defender 90s and 110s that sold about 150 custom rigs between 2013 and 2018.[5] Vehicles used in ECD projects are generally imported from Europe.[3]

ECD also runs the sister company East Coast Overhaul, which upgrades the mechanical parts of the vehicles as well,[7] including swapping the engine for higher performance models.[10] ECD also operates a concept vehicle division.[11]