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CRUSTY DEMON

IF YOU didn’t already know just how staunch Mark Drew’s LH Torana is, you’d probably walk past it and not even bat an eyelid. It just looks like an old survivor car that could do with a decent birthday. Lift the bonnet on the aptly named ‘Crusty’ Torana and you’ll see an LS conversion that looks like a hundred others.

But beyond this weathered, innocuous façade is one of the quickest real street cars in Australia.

“EVEN FOR A DESIGNATED RACE CAR, 7.3 WOULD BE HAULING THE MAIL;

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