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A long time ago in a
galaxy far, far away…
Well Sheffield to be exact, Grant Odell embarked on a mission of
customising my favourite form of the auto revolution, the Italjet
Dragster. The theme coming from George Lucas’s epic is based
upon the struggle between good and evil. This would always
supply easily enough material to complete a masterpiece,
the only problem being what to use on the
Dragster’s limited bodywork.
The series of six groundbreaking
movies took over 27 years to complete
and showed the rise, fall and rise
again of the Galaxy’s guardian
angels in the form of the Jedi
Knights. Grant picked the machine up
second-hand in November 2003 for
£1300 then in the basic LC125 form,
(a little on the expensive side Grant
thought but he was desperate to
purchase the Italjet model). However
after a few months standard use and
viewing Karl Russell’s Eminem at a
scooter show he decided to make
something more personal and enter the
custom arena himself.
Unlike the traditional scooter custom
scene not many autos have been given
the full works in the paint arena, most
owners opting for race style paint and
decals. Grant however had been exposed
to the possibilities of trick paint, murals
and bright work as his father has been
involved within the traditional rally scene
on and off for the last 35 years. His
father, Colin, is what you could
say a born again, having had
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