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Names: Cal and Nat Seviour

Age: 75+ (combined)

Job: Retropower founders

Location: Leicestershire, UK

Car: Mk1 Cortina

Start condition: Complete, relatively rust free but with signs of light crash damage

Condition now: Rolling shell, mid dry build

Estimated date of completion: Late Summer

When your business is the creation of one-off, bespoke old-school cars for passionate petrolheads there really is no mantra more fitting than striking while the iron is hot. Hence why Retropower’s latest project, in this case a stunning Mk1 Cortina, is already well underway and a perfect fit for the Grafters treatment.

This is the second Ford build Retropower have undertaken in the last two years, and the keys to his Escort (see October 2018

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