Sterling SILVER

GARY Taylor is one of those car lovers who was born into it. “When I was born, I came home from the hospital in an XR Fairmont, and Mum used to drop me off at school in an XC Cobra,” he says. “We had a couple of Holdens, but Mum was always a Ford person, and Dad was a panel beater and spray painter who was into any car that had petrol in it.”

Given his background, it seems pretty easy to understand why Gary would build this tidy XP as a weekender, right? “I don’t really like XPs, but ironically I’ve had three of them!” he laughs.

For someone who doesn’t like XPs, he sure knows how to build a pretty striking example of the breed. This marvellous machine looks mean from any