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Barn Find 80s Hot Hatch Survivor – His First car Cleaned for the First time in 20+ years

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Barn Find 80s Hot Hatch Survivor – His First car Cleaned for the First time in 20+ years. ‘I parked my first car 20+ years ago in here’. Welcome to our first barnfind episode to kick off Barn Find February. We will also be giving away a genuine barn find 1 owner car free this month, so keep watching. This car is David Baisley from Essex’ first car, that he parked in a garage since the Millennium. Imagine having a 1980s hot hatch as your first car, but still owning today?

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Intro
0:49 Meet the owner
1:05 Blocked by a broken Toyota
1:45 Mum and Dad’s cars
2:48 Garage door opening
4:04 Retro Kona mountain bike
4:58 Bought an MR2
6:47 Jonny’s lowrider Chevrolet Impala SS
7:49 Emptying garage
8:15 Inside boot
8:58 Worx tyre inflating
9:10 Worx tools discount
10:00 TOWING IT OUT
11:25 RATS RATS RATS!
12:34 Emotional memories
13:21 ENGINE BAY

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