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El Sicario

 The seller was Lenny Lucas, whose 1970 Challenger 440 we featured back in 2016: “I didn’t know Lenny then, but we’ve stayed in touch and swapped a few bits back and forth. Lenny tends to change his cars often, so this time I jumped at the chance to own the Bonneville.” The Pontiac was extremely low mileage, but not perfect. “It has 21,000 miles showing and, having now been all over the car, I’m sure that’s genuine,” continues Trevor. “It was in nice condition, but obviously had sat unused for a while and needed recommissioning. The HT leads were hard as concrete; I managed to snap one completely in half. I drove the car home from Lenny’s in the rain with the brakes not feeling quite right and decided the first job was a thorough service.” Benefiting from the fully equipped workshop at his business, TJ Motors (01883 730170/), where he

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