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LOST, SORT OF FOUND

I bought this Escort, OMR 235G for £1000 in 1997. Apart from the rollcage the car was fairly standard. It was originally a 1300GL auto, which is what I was looking for to get the bigger gearbox tunnel. I spent two years working on the car in a poly tunnel I built beside my house. There was actually no vehicle access to my home at the time

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