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TRANSPORT HEAVEN

WHEN YOU think of Invercargill in New Zealand, you think of Burt Munro, the world’s fastest Indian. But, there’s another icon that hails from the bottom of the world, and it’s Bill Richardson.

The late Bill Richardson is the man responsible for building arguably the largest private machinery collection of its type, now known as Transport World.

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