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    WILDEST DREAMS

    Jul 17, 2019 4 minutes
    STORY & PHOTOS BEN HOSKING

    SOMETIMES dreams really do come true. Just ask 35-year-old Jarrad Rogers; his 1974 G-Pak LH Torana has helped him fulfil more than one dream over the past several months.

    After a single rust bubble spawned a five-year ground-up rebuild, Jarrad trailered his PPG Sunkist-drenched sedan down to Canberra in January for Summernats 32. Knowing full well that a coveted Top 60 spot was never guaranteed, Jarrad nonetheless dared to dream big.

    TO RUN AGAINST ALL THE LEGENDS OF SUMMERNATS IN THE GRAND CHAMPION COMPETITION WAS A VERY HUMBLING EXPERIENCE

    As it turned out, the judges loved the car and come Friday afternoon of the ’Nats, Jarrad almost wept

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