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“Oh yes, that phenomenal number plate is the legal registration for the car”

If you talk to the charmingly polite and charismatic John Spong – which, by the way, is something I can’t recommend enough if you’re ever honoured with the chance – he will disarmingly point out its minimal flaws. The rear wings received a blow over many moons ago due to some minor damage incurred whilst parked, and there’s a couple of spots on the front quarter from prolonged storage in a

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