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LETTERS

HERE ARE SOME OF MY PAST CARS

Having read your intro in the January issue, I thought I would get in touch to say that a few years ago I decided it would be a good idea to compose a photo album of all the cars I have owned. Being a genius photo compiler and organiser, my wife had all our photos saved in date order, and many already in print in various albums.

I had owned a lot of cars, some of which were never driven, others that I had driven but only off-road for autotests and trials. We decided to stick to those I actually had legally on the road and had used, even if only for a brief period. The

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