Thread by @TrungTPhan

Mark Court might have the most niche job in the world.

Of the 2,000+ people that work at Rolls Royce, he is the only person allowed to paint pinstripes on the cars.

He uses a squirrel-fir brush and it takes 3 hours for one vehicle.

It’s a high pressure job because Court — who makes six-figures — is the final step of the manufacturing process.

A mistake requires a new paint job and delays delivery of the car (which start at $300k but easily tops $1m with upgrades).

Formerly a sign painter, Court rarely takes time off because he says he doesn’t want to “lose focus”.

He also doesn’t want to know the car’s owner.

“If you start worrying about who owns them or where it’s going, it’ll play with your mind,“ he once told AutoJosh. “Then you’ll never do it. You just got to be able to learn to shut off and do what you need to do.”

Does Court actually have the most niche job in the world? Maybe.

Is he an artist? Obviously, yes

The video is from Business Insider:

And here is the AutoJosh profile of Mark Court, who has been at the Rolls Royce plant in Goodwood, England since 2003 (also, I need to know who got this 1,000,000 like pinstripe…Zuck?):
autojosh.com/only-one-man-m…

I’m obsessed with niche specialists.

Like “The Tuna King”:

— Japan’s top fishmonger
— sleeps only 3 hours a night
— Can tell where fish is from based on one bite

I wrote about him (and need reccos for other niche specialists to write about).

readtrung.com/p/becoming-the…

A classic Reddit explainer on the Bentley vs. Rolls Royce debate

Just asked ChatGPT — via my research — how many people in the world can paint pinstripes on a Rolls Royce.

Wow, no respect for Mark Court (“there are many professional automotive painters who possess the expertise” … wrong). Bearly.AI

Think my favorite custom Rolls Royce is Drake’s $700k one with the OVO owl instead of the “Spirit of Ecstacy” hood ornament.

Rolls Royce need to find Mark Court an apprentice, stat! (h/t @raazor5050)