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    THE EXHIBITIONIST

    Mar 25, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS ★ GED BULMER
    PHOTOS
    ★ RON LUTTON

    Resto file

    ORIGINAL CAR 1986 BMW E28 535I EXECUTIVE

    LENGTH OF RESTORATION 4 YEARS

    want to FEATURE YOUR CAR IN READER’S RESTO?

    Email details to: uniquecars@bauertrader.com.au

    Back in 1955 American folk musician Pete Seeger penned a tune that came to be recognised as one of the great political songs of all time. Seeger’s whimsical anti-war Where Have All the Flowers Gone? went on to be recorded by artists ranging from Marlene Dietrich to Roy Orbison and, perhaps most famously, Peter, Paul and Mary.

    I was reminded of Seeger’s song when I caught up with classic car aficionado Ron Lutton, not because he arrived with flowers in his hair but because he quickly got to pondering about where had all the BMW E28 5 Series

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