Classic American

Have love will travel

Nick Barnes seems to be a man who listens to his inner voice. Many of us hear it now and then… that little message from the hind-brain or the heart, or wherever, telling us to hit ‘Buy it Now’. Or reminding us that one classic Buick isn’t really enough… wouldn’t you enjoy a second one just as much? Those of us foolish enough to ignore such thoughts will miss out on the joyful year Nick Barnes has had with his new toy. Unlike so many of us, Nick paid attention to the little voice and, in his own words, “decided one day that I had to have a ’67 Riviera”.

He’d already got a lovely 1972 Buick Riviera, the famous boat-tailed model made from ’71 to ’73. It’s a restored car that he’s enjoyed for the past six or seven years, but it hadn’t stopped him thinking about other

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