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Chris Hodder

From: UK

Car: Mk3 Cortina

“I bought this XL a few years ago from a mate as an unfinished project,” says Chris. “He’d had it painted and a new vinyl roof put on in 2011 but it sat in his workshop ever since — life, kids and a house move saw him selling it to me”

“I’ve rebuilt it and had the running gear blasted and I’ve painted it, reassembled it, and refurbished

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