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READERS’ ROCKETS

JAY SMITH

1981 FORD XD FALCON

“I’M A Ford man through and through and have always loved XDs. I had an XD as my first car and have had seven of them since then. I bought this one six years ago; originally it had a six-cylinder in it, but it now has a 460ci big-block with ported aluminium heads, a Lunati flat-tappet

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