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Not everyone gets it”, shrugs Richard Beazer as we squint at his dazzling blue Sierra in the Kent sunshine. “Some purists walk off at shows shaking their heads, some ask why I’ve chopped up a Cosworth to fit Sapphire lights, and some don’t take much notice until I start it up and leave the show… but at that point it always brings a massive smile to everyone’s faces, and my smile is the biggest of all!”

Most savvy readers will be able to spot that this project didn’t start off life as a Cosworth, or even as a Mk1 three-door Sierra. No, this car actually started out as a German, left hand drive, base model Mk2, with those Mk2 lights from the factory, magenta paint

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