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SHIFTING SEASONS

What attracted me to her was how unusual the colour was,” comments Wayne Blake on why he decided to buy the MGB GT seen here back in 2016. “It was not the more usual red or BRG. I had always wanted a GT model and had promised to get myself one before my 50th birthday. Due to a change in my circumstances, I actually got it while I was 47.”

Born and brought up in Oxford, it was perhaps inevitable that Wayne was going to be a fan of the local British car manufacturer. Although his first ever car was an £800 Vauxhall Cavalier, courtesy of his uncle, he went on to own a variety of MGs including a ZT-T and

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