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HIBERNATION

VERY little is known about the Roadster’s early history, but we do have it on good authority that a red ‘32 Roadster did road race around the Otago area in the sixties, so it is quite probable that this is the same car, as it had also been painted red previously and was bought from the same area.

Jump forward in time to 1968 when a for sale advertisement led Alan Wilson to purchase this 1932 Ford Roadster. Allan had no car at the time, so a friend of his drove him from

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