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    OLD’S COOL!

    Dec 29, 2021 4 minutes
    STORY IAIN KELLY
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    WE TRULY live in a golden age for our hobby. Making big power has never been cheaper, and having one-off parts fabricated is easier than ever thanks to computers. But there still is a deep-seated love among street machiners for the scene of 30-40 years ago, when petrol was cents in the dollar and street cars had attitude for days.

    Fred De Fazio grew up during this period, and it stamped a BFG tread pattern all over his DNA, as evidenced by this LX Torana he’s just completed.

    “From the age of 16, my brothers and I were always interested in street muscle cars, with many Friday nights spent watching or

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