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Reborn Roadster

I ORIGINALLY purchased the smallblock Chev powered 1932 Ford roadster built initially by Ian Rainbow in the early eighties, in 2011 with the intention of driving it for fun and to take it to car shows. Well! I could not sit in it properly as my legs hit the firewall, and there were some mechanical issues as well,

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