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    Classic American Mail

    Jun 15, 2021 6 minutes

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    Dear Classic American, In 1957 aged 13 I was on holiday with my parents in Southport. First day there I set off to look around and found a DUKW on the beach with some enterprising guys offering ‘trips out to sea’ to holidaymakers. “A big ugly machine that drives off the beach into the sea and floats? That’ll do for me!” thinks I. After spending a lot of my time on and off the craft over the next few days my holiday spending money was running low, fortunately the chaps running the show then decided to make me ‘Junior crew member’ so I could ride free of charge as often as I wanted for the rest of the holiday – happy days!

    Regarding the 1972 Chevy flatbed truck (pictured above) featured in the current issue of , I was good friends with Ian O’Connor (who imported it) when this truck was shipped over. Interestingly, nobody ever lived

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