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ROBERT COUCHER

ow do you define a classic car? This has exercised governments, insurance companies, collectors, journalists, racing and rally organisers and owners for decades. Some suggest that classic cars should have chrome bumpers. Well, maybe, but more modern classics don’t, and neither did all older ones! How about rarity? Indeed, things produced in small numbers are more collectable than mass-produced ones, but who really wants a Zil? Conversely, every watch collector wants a Rolex ‘Paul Newman’, and his personal 1968 Daytona sold in

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