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Brett Ackland

From: UK

Car: Mk2 Granada

“I bought Grace, as she is called by my wife and kids, in the summer of 2018,” says Brett. “It’s a 1985 2.8i Ghia X bruiser.”

“Having spent 20-odd years in the motor trade I escaped in 2011, sick to death of cars, but I started to get the itch again by 2017. She was found by a friend in the darkest depths of Ford

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