Six Star Magazine Six Star Magazine Spring/Summer 2019 | Page 17

GC8
As a hat-tip to the car that kick-started Paul’s obsession with all things Subaru, his collection includes a mint-condition
GC8 Impreza Turbo, with just 22,000 miles on the odometer. The red beast still proudly wears its period-correct dealer
options: Speedline alloy wheels and a Prodrive rear wing.
“I simply couldn’t believe the condition of this one,” he says, almost in awe. “My friend and co-presenter Drew Pritchard
actually found this car first and kindly agreed to sell it to me. He’s had a stack of Imprezas too, but felt this was the right home
for it.” The plan with this car is to simply make it perfect and keep it totally standard. “Not that I really want to sell, but I do
think these GC8 models are the next big classic,” Paul suggests. “And the real collectability in the future will be in the totally
OEM spec cars, I think…”
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