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PAUL Vella can thank his family for his car addiction. “My brother Lorry has a ’57 Chev, my dad’s got a Customline and my other brother Charles has got a Mustang, so it’s in the blood,” Paul explains. “Their cars were pretty much finished, so I thought, let’s do another one.”

A first-year apprentice mechanic at the time, Paul quickly discovered that the cost of such a project can escalate rather swiftly – particularly if you’re talking tri-five Chevys. “As soon as you mention ’57 Chevs, the price of everything goes up

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