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Rising stars

oday is Friday, 27 August 2021. We are in South Island lockdown day number 10. With a little time on my hands, which seems to be more rare these days as I get older, rather than the other way around, I have just read Ben Selby’s article in headlined Japan’s Rising Sun (issue 369: September 2021). Ben points out the rapid rising values of all model Mazda rotaries. I have first-hand knowledge of this. Let me explain. My son, Paul, went to Japan in 1986. This was before the multi Japanese imports invasion of all vehicles from The Land of the Rising Sun. He

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