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    CREATING HAVOC

    Dec 25, 2019 6 minutes
    STORY CRAIG PARKER
    P H O T O S
    CHRIS THOROGOOD

    HAVING created quite a buzz in the USA with his previous two builds – KAMARO (SM, Sep ’10) and KAM NOVA (SM, Nov ’14) – Rob Zahabi of Rides By Kam wanted to go next-level with his new build.

    “My Camaro and Nova attracted plenty of attention in the US,” Rob says, “but judging-wise they were never in outright contention. Competing against the big guns in the US taught me that you get points for custom one-off stuff. The harder something is to do, the more they reward you. Using off-the-shelf stuff costs you points.”

    All of which made the build strategy for this incredible 1970 Dodge Challenger very clear: change as much as possible, custom-make as much as possible, and limit the use of ready-to-go stuff.

    Even touring the US with KAM NOVA, Rob was already planning this build, with scouts out looking for a suitable donor.

    As fate would have it, a clean 1970 Challenger popped up just days after KAM NOVA sold at auction

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