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TEMPER TANTRUM

nce upon a time, in a land not so far away, a guy found a blown big block–powered ’32 coupe he wanted, paid the money for it, and lived happily ever after, frying tyres wherever he went … This is not that story. This is a story about a guy called Sam Deller, who found a blown big block–powered ’32 coupe for sale, but messed around too long and missed out on it instead. Don’t think we’re being harsh on him here, as Sam’s the first to admit that he shouldn’t have procrastinated on paying the seller — Russ McIntyre — the money and being done with it. We’re glad he didn’t, though, as the result of the tantrum he threw when he found out he’d missed it, was him deciding that he’d just need to build his own version instead. The photos that he took of the car would simply serve as blueprints for his own build, and, to this

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