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    Jul 13, 2022 5 minutes

    JORDAN MUSARRA

    HQ ONE TONNER

    “I’VE HAD my HQ Tonner for 10 years. It was my first car, bought for me by my parents for $1000. I had always been interested in modifying cars, having grown up watching my dad build his ’34 roadster. When I got the Tonner, it was running a 202 red motor and an Aussie four-speed. I began a nut-and-bolt resto on the car eight years ago by stripping it down to a bare chassis. After getting the chassis powdercoated satin black, I restored all of the suspension components with Pedders springs and Competition Engineering shocks. I then decided to replace the old and tired 202 with a modern LS2 6.0-litre. I wanted the motor to look more old-school, so I swapped out the stock intake for an Edelbrock Victor Jr with

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