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    DOUBLE TAKE

    Mar 23, 2022 5 minutes
    STORY AIDAN DONALD
    PHOTOS
    CHRIS THOROGOOD

    TAKING on any decent-sized build requires patience and persistence. Phil Bartolo needed a double helping of both in order to get his stunning XP Futura coupe finished. Why? Because he built it twice!

    Actually, Phil needed patience and persistence just to get the car into his shed in the first place. “As a kid, I always wanted an XP coupe,” he recalls. “I purchased this one in 2006 from the mechanic next door to my panel shop in South Melbourne after years of persuasion. I broke his balls for three years to get it!”

    When Phil purchased the XP it was in pieces, but along with all those pieces were some choice spare parts. It all sat in the garage for the

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