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RATICAL GOALS

avid Jeffery and his wife Suzanne are not your traditional hot rod enthusiasts or builders. They don’t walk the same path as most, instead preferring to design and build their own idea of what a rod should look like. David is quick to point out that he isn’t really into shiny paint and chrome, which explains why the rat rod path was the one chosen by the Rolleston couple. Cars are in their blood, and David can recall his first build as a youngster: a 460 big block–powered Wolseley that he named ‘White Knight’. Things have come a long way since those early days, not only with the building but also the rules surrounding them. David has his own ideas when it comes to rat rods, with some fairly radical

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