TWISTER OF LIME

Paul Singer reckons a trip to Santa Pod was responsible for him owning American cars. “I went with my dad and brother sometime in the Seventies when the Pod first started holding Funny Car races,” remembers Paul. “After that I had to own something American. My first was a 1970 Chevy Nova, followed by a 1984 Camaro Z28, then I got a 1990 Corvette – which I wrote off – so bought a 1991 C4 Corvette. I loved that, but I needed a car better suited to towing, something with more boot space and room inside it. Originally I was towing a trailer to shows, but we’ve since bought a caravan.

“I still regretted selling that Nova,” continues Paul, “so I was looking around for something equally interesting but that would fit on the driveway. I was thinking another Nova or a Cougar – when I saw this Duster advertised online and bought it in October) just so he could check it over.” Richard spotted the core plugs were leaking, meaning the engine had to come out. It’s just as well, because then he realised that the block had cracked. “It wasn’t obvious until he removed the heads because the block hadn’t split all the way through, but it still meant a complete rebuild.”