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IF YOU’RE reading this and you’re of a certain age, chances are you’re haunted by the memory of a car you deeply regret selling. For my mate Steve Jurskis, that car was a glorious Tropic Gold Ford Landau.

For those unfamiliar with Landaus, they were Ford Australia’s mid-70s burger-with-the-lot. It was the most expensive Aussie-built car of its time, but for your $7700, you got meaty GT running gear (351/FMX/nine-inch), four-wheel disc brakes, air

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