The Classic MotorCycle

Readers’ Letters

Car identity a puzzle

Richard Rosenthal’s section of The Classic MotorCycle is always well worth the read, and we are very lucky to have someone so knowledgeable both in the historical and technical areas of our shared passions.

However, and because the lovely old picture supplied by the Taverners’ Section of the VMCC (March and April issue) warrants as much scrutiny as can be mustered, I’d like to offer a suggestion or two on the identity of the car lurking so coyly in

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