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    Past perfect

    Dec 10, 2021 3 minutes
    Words Gordie Woollacott
    Pics
    Paul Knight

    Part of the obsession for vintage car fans of any make is seated in nostalgia. Whether it be the direct longing for times previously enjoyed, or just the sorry fact that you were ‘born too late’ to have enjoyed something the first time round.

    I’d swap being a young adult in the late ’90s for the ’60s in a heartbeat. The cars define that era, and none more so than a classic Volkswagen. The heritage and rocky beginnings of the marque itself is entwined in cultural history, and that’s before

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