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Restomods appeal, but I’ve always felt some discomfort over plundering a perfectly good classic to build one. This successor to the Plus Six gets around that problem by offering the the look and feel

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I SUCCUMBED. OR, as younger people say, I caved. I’d been looking at my Phantom’s bodywork (the victim of a blow-over respray prior to my renewed ownership, after a white ‘wrap’ was removed) and alway