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Article: A love affair that's Plum Crazy
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- April 20, 2007
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THE PROJECTS / MICHAEL CLARK
WHEN you're digging on the gleam at car shows, it's hard not to be drawn to the bumble bee stripes, shaker hoods, and Wide Oval skins of an original-spec muscle car restoration. Correct can mean cash, as in the millions for numbers-matching, low-mileage trailer queens. They're pretty to look at, but Rick Lumsden knows from personal experience that they don't drive that way.
The revelation for his next restoration came from drive time with his 1975 Dodge Dart Sport 360. "I built it completely stock, which meant that it drove like a 1975 car," said Lumsden. "It wasn't very pleasant."
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