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MEMORY 'Lane

EVERYONE – car people or not – will have indelible memories of times spent in and around the family car. For the Taylor clan, that car was this 1970 ZC Fairlane. Its history with the family stretches back some 33 years, when current owner Will Taylor’s dad, Rob, purchased the big more-door Ford.

“I was born in Victoria, and when I was only a young fella, I remember going out with Dad to view a few cars,” Will says. “Dad ended up buying a genuine T-code ZC Fairlane from a director at Ford in Victoria; we still have the original books for it!”

As with many now-collectable classics, back then the used Ford was pressed into duty as an ordinary streeter, which is how many of Will’s precious memories were made. “After transporting all of us to

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