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BLACK BEAUTY

‘Gorgeous’ is not a word that I — or anyone else of my acquaintance, for that matter — would normally use to describe a racing car. ‘Quick’, yes; ‘purposeful’, definitely; but ‘gorgeous’? It’d have to be a pretty — and, yes, that pun was intended — special car.

Fortunately, that is exactly what the former Jim Richards/JPS Team BMW–built 635 CSi is. The car is now owned by ebullient Christchurch enthusiast Peter Sturgeon and spends most of its time residing in pampered semi-retirement

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