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Recouperation

When it comes to modified cars, Anthony Bushell was ahead of the game in his formative years. He cut his teeth on a DAX Cobra when he was still a teenager. “It was pretty hanging,” Anthony recalled. “But I fixed it up and it served my needs for a while.” Hanging or not, that’s a pretty formidable starter car and very few teenagers can lay claim to owning such a cool ride at that tender age.

Things then got a touch bizarre though. “After the Cobra I had the SierraStang.” Perplexed and intrigued, I naturally probed Anthony to find out exactly what he was talking about. “Essentially it was a replica Eleanor Mustang body grafted onto a Ford Sierra

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