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The Light Fantastic

Robert Dickson has recently taken a step back from his car body repair business. “There was a party held on the Friday when I retired. When I woke up on Saturday morning I already had an eighteen month backlog! There was always a Mini or two sitting in the corner of the workshop and if there was time between insurance repairs, we would do some restoration work.”

“When my friends realised I was retired they all came over to ask if I would restore their Minis,” he explains. What he’s less likely to explain is that he was five times Northern Ireland Autotest Champion and has been involved in motorsport

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