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The good old days

I had great pleasure in reading Ben Selby’s article in the January issue (issue 349, pages 70–71) about the ever-increasing value of ’60s and ’70s Holdens. In spite of the fact I have owned 42 Fords in my lifetime, the first one being a 1935 Ford V8 coupe at the age of 16, I also owned many Holdens during the 1960s.

Over the good old days of the late ’50s to

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