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Victoria’s Secret

I MUST confess that I now know more about Model A Vicky’s than I did before chatting to Rob Chesham about his recently completed 1931 Ford Model A Vicky. The Model A Victoria was Edsel Ford’s “baby” and resulted from him wanting a sporty body style and something between a coupe and a sedan. So, for example, did you know that Vicky’s have slanted front windscreen pillars, no external visor and two-door hinges, rather than the three

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