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I had wanted to own an MG ZR since the age of 17. I just love the look of them and to me they don’t seem to have aged. I remember there being a silver Mk2 ZR for sale in 2012 which I was going to buy but I ended up owning a 1982 classic Austin Mini for four years instead.

The Mini needed a lot of repairs and, with money tight, I ended up stripping my Mini down and selling the bits off for parts. The money bought me my ZR in January 2015.

I had searched for weeks on end to find a good one, as there aren’t many around anymore. Finally, one Friday afternoon on online marketplace, Swapz, I came across a 2003 Mk1 Trophy Blue ZR in Preston. The next morning I went to have a look and, by late Saturday afternoon,

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