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PRO STREET luxury cars may as well be a religion unto themselves in Victoria. Many Fairmonts, Regals, Statos and LTDs have worn big-and-little wheels over the years, and a select few have picked up Street Machine Summernats Top 60 trophies along the way. Chris Courouzou’s SIRZD Fairlane is one such toughie, sporting fat meats and old-school propulsion, not to mention a beastly side profile. Go on, take a few seconds to just drink in the acres of claret-coloured real estate on display here.

“My old man had a show car in the 80s: a Vintage Burgundy XT wagon with a Fairlane front,”

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