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“CYLINDER HEADS ON THE KITCHEN TABLE, SWAPPING CLUTCHES AND STILL GETTING TO THE PUB BEFORE CLOSING TIME PLAYED A BIG PART OF MICHAEL’S ROUTINE BACK IN THE DAY”

As the years roll by, some car fanatics like to see themselves as progressing to a different era of car ownership. For long time ford fan, Michael Orton, the last 25 years he’s describes as being his fourth era. “Where I grew up, few people had cars at all and I was only the second person in my whole extended family to buy a car,” Michael laughs. “This was a £15 banger and I went on to own a succession of Mk1, Mk2, Mk3 and Mk4 Zodiacs and Zephyrs.” The

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