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I hope that its proud new owner will take care of it as much as i did and that it will go far.

If anyone ever trecks up to Townsville QLD, make sure you keep your eye out for it...

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It's one of those cars you have to see in the metal to behold its artfulness and execution, I was amazed with the build quality and cleanliness of the car when I saw it and worked around it at Autosalon back in May. The new owner should feel privileged to own a small piece of SAU memorabilia. :(

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It's one of those cars you have to see in the metal to behold its artfulness and execution, I was amazed with the build quality and cleanliness of the car when I saw it and worked around it at Autosalon back in May. The new owner should feel privileged to own a small piece of SAU memorabilia. :(

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Thanks Ian,

Yeah, it is an absolutely amazing car. It leaves my garage on Wednesday and its gonna be hard to see it take off up the street.

When i loaded the car on to the truck to take it out to AutoSalon, i had the whole street watching in awe. I'd had the car hidden in my garage for 7 months, working in it from top to bottom, and when it rolled out, it blew everyone away - the looks on all the faces blew me away too... I'd realised that in that 7 months, i had finished the 'puzzle' and unveiled an artwork so to speak.

My parents were stunned, they knew what i was doing up there every night, but never had a look... They had never seen a car like that, with as much class as mine. And for my mum to say that - that made my day..

But yeah, i hope its new owner registers for SAU and keeps my car up there in classy league of it own...

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cant say i have had that experience of saying goodbye to my pride and joy like you, must of been gut wrenching!

Atleast you made such a great goal and can move on to your next project.

so what was your probs with the authority to make you sell it?

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