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  • Street Machine

    BLOOD SPORT

    Jun 19, 2019 4 minutes
    STORY IAIN KELLY
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    DEWAR

    YOU FACE all types of obstacles when building a cool car, and Queensland’s Pete Aitken knows this all too well. While some battle shoddy tradesmen, the wrong parts turning up or hidden damage, Pete’s first hurdle to overcome while building his blown, big-block XB coupe called BADBLUD was more personal.

    THERE ARE SIMILARITIES TO OVERCOMING ILLNESS AND BUILDING A CAR. THE DIFFERENCE IS I ENJOYED THE CAR!

    “I named the coupe after myself, because I had a blood disorder called non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma – twice,” Pete explains. “Because of the blood disorder and the fact I love the blood red colour, I thought I’d name it after

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