Stories of cars or owners.

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    track racer Joel Burtmann. The car's original Polo engine was swapped out for a 205-hp VW inline-4 turbo, and with tuned suspension + brakes. He raced the car on several racing championships with it. On May 2001, he decided to quit racing and the car was sold to...
     
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    ...Michael Rossa, who originally tuned the car even further, but used it less and less. Finally, in 2006 the Wartburg was deemed outdated and stripped for parts to use in other racecars. The shell was sold in early 2008 to a junkyard after no buyer was found.

    1979 Ford Capri 2.0i:
    In 1979, Michael Dalton, a Brit from Dagenham, used to having 2-door Fords,,bought the Capri as a midlife crisis car. The Ford served him quite well. In 1981, it was stolen, but was found and returned to him. However, in 1985, Mr. Dalton sold it to buy an Audi Coupe. The Ford was bought by...
     
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    If you don't want the Capri, you may take this story up:

    Mihailo Pavlovic:

    Mr. Pavlovic was a Yugoslav man from Dubrovnik, born in 1952.

    In 1975,he went to work in Germany, in Osnambruck. In late 1976 he bought his first car, a 1964 Ford Taunus 12M.
    The Taunus served him until the beginning of 1979, by when Pavlovic had decided to stay in his new country. He bought a...
     
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