IT’S NOT EASY BEING GREEN
Nothing worth having comes easy. At least that’s what they say. This old cliché gets trotted out every now and again when someone is trying to justify the toil and trouble associated with a certain achievement. It’s the generic equivalent to that old adage from the bodybuilding fraternity: ‘No pain, no gain.’ Now while Wayne Champion would happily admit that his physique is some way off from worrying the swollen contenders of the Arnold Classic, at the same time, he’s certainly gone through his own kind of pain, however, his gain has been less of the muscular type and more of the automotive persuasion.
“Over the last two years I’ve spent most of my evenings and weekends hunkered down inside a small shed carrying out a full bare-metal restoration of my 1977 Cortina,” explains the lifelong Ford fan. “Over the years I’ve restored and modified a whole host of classic performance cars, from Sapphire Cosworths, to Astra GTEs and even a wild X-pack Capri, but none have been to
