Street Machine

KICKSTART MY HEART

JASON Hannam is a down-to-earth-bloke with a true-blue, give-it-a-go attitude. It’s with that mindset he garnered the skills to birth this crisp LX SL/R 5000 tribute.

Jason’s day job involves laying paint for Hills Autobodies, which came about through his deeply entrenched love of cars and doing things himself. “I took on an adult apprenticeship at 35 years old, after rocking up to my mate’s work in my freshly painted Barbados Green LX Torana,” he recounts. “The panel shop boss saw the car and asked if I wanted a job! I had a family at home to think about, but up to that point I was just doing shitkicker jobs. As I’ve always had a passion for cars,

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