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SOMETHING FOR THE WEEKEND

Who: Dale Shreeve

Age: 35

Job: mechanic

Location: Wiltshire, UK

Car: 1961 Popular 100E

Start condition: V6-powered unfinished project

Condition now: dry build almost complete

Time taken so far: 3 years

Estimated date of completion: Summer 2024

Having a race car is great, but there is a downside — they’re rubbish for taking the family out in at the weekend. That’s the situation Dale Shreeve found himself in a few years ago, when he realised the Zetec turbo-powered Mk3 Escort drag car that was parked in his garage wasn’t really ideal for carting his kids around.

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