Eben started fabricating as a teenager in his father Peter Markowski's restoration shop, taking on increasingly complex projects over the years. The Ferrari 212 Export became the pinnacle of that progression. When the rare 1951 race car arrived at the shop after four decades abandoned in a barn, its original coachwork long gone, Eben was called on to create an entirely new aluminum body from scratch — with no original panels or plans to work from, only a handful of grainy period photographs. Working in a fully old-school fashion with wooden forms, a leather bag, and hand hammers, he shaped and gas-welded the body over eighteen months. Only at the project's completion did Ferrari historian Marcel Massini arrive to examine the work and authenticate its accuracy — the car went on to earn Ferrari's rare "White Book" certification. The engine, transmission, and driveline were restored separately by his father and brother. Though not a car person by nature, Eben approached the Ferrari as what it truly is — a rolling piece of artwork — and brought a lost body back to life.