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Remember when… 29 years ago

It doesn’t always work out, but we try and find something relevant to the current issue in each of the old issues we look back on in these pages. And this month’s tenuous link is ’34 Corner.

The car on this month’s cover is built around the creations of Chris Boyle and, in this issue from 1993, we had a progress report on John Cross’ roadster, which was also built around Mr. Boyle’s glass fibre handiwork. Old hands will recall John’s car went on to win Best in Britain and made the cover of in June 1994, but when we dvisite his garage in the spring

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