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DOUBLE-DUTY Beauty

David Hatchel is a fellow lug-nut, and vehicles have been amping him up since he was a child. He looked forward to the day he’d eventually drive when he suddenly experienced a condition that might impede his ability to do so. At age 10, his legs stopped moving and he was thought to have polio. Several hours after a painful spinal tap, David’s legs worked again. Maybe that is the reason he likes stretching his right foot on an accelerator pedal.

In his youth, David was

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