Street Machine

DIRTY DEEDS

HAVING SPAT OUT A VERY CREDIBLE 1170HP AT THE CRANK AND 950HP AT THE TYRES ON PUMP E85, THE PROOF IS IN THE PUDDING

WHEN you own a car for 32 years, you form a pretty intense bond with it. Frank Zammit bought this Capri way back in 1992, and in the years since he has transformed it from an asthmatic four-pot into a staunch little street car, then a dedicated race car, and now back into a streeter, this time powered by a magnificent Whipple-blown Windsor that makes no shortage of grunt.

“I was an apprentice boilermaker when I bought the car in Lithgow – I paid $400 for it,” Frank says. “I had

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