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LONG TIME COMING...

When we think of ongoing projects, a timespan of six months to a few years seems quite typical. Everyone wants to work at a pace they’re happy with - after all, a full-time job and everyday life often results in that stash of parts and a stripped shell filling your garage for longer than was intended and all too soon the summer sun has begun to disappear. Ed Jackson was in no particular rush to complete his stunning ’71 Plymouth Fury Sport. In fact, when he first bought it, he only really intended to keep it a year or so, spending as little money on it as possible to keep it running. We should point out this was back in 1988, so you could say those initial plans disappeared some time ago, probably while Jive Bunny was still in the charts.

“IT’S BEEN A MIGHTY LONG WAIT, AND THE FURY ISN’T FINISHED QUITE YET. IDEALLY, ED WOULD STILL LIKE THAT 440 OR AT LEAST REBUILD THE 400, BUT THE

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