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the July 2019 issue of , as well as Mr. Lentinello’s article on page 8. I too fell into the British car genre somewhat by accident. My car is a 1948 Austin A40 Dorset two-door sedan, or “saloon” in British [pictured above]. It was purchased used by my grandfather sometime around 1954 or 1955. My mother drove it to college in 1956. As a child, I remember it sitting in Grandpa’s garage when we would go visit. My uncle did a “restoration” of sorts in the early 1980s. He changed the color to black with gold inner fenders and pinstripes. My grandmother

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