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Hi VolksWorld, just thought I’d drop you a few pics of my 1970 1300, which I finally got back on the road in December last year, 18 years after her last MoT.

I’ve owned her for 24 years now, though most of them have been spent off the road due to life getting in the way, a Bay Westy project and a severe lack of cash and motivation slowing progress down.

She was

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