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LUXURY LEMANS Midsize Opulence

Some cars are lucky enough to pass through a series of owners whose appreciation for them ensures their futures.

“My grandmother got a different car and she didn’t have the space in her garage for it,” explained Dadeon Canfield, whose 1972 Pontiac Luxury LeMans is shown here, “so we took it and it became my first car.”

The complete story is somewhat more complicated than that, and it would almost have to be in order to explain the car’s excellent condition when its owner lives in the upstate New York town of Oxford.

“It spent most of

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