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Fake vinyl

Being a lover of HQ coupes and the owner of one, I very much enjoyed the Q-ship Coupe article in AMC issue #130. I just have one slight correction as you showed that Holden ad with a Linamint HQ GTS and a black vinyl roof. Monaro guru Warren Turnbull pointed out some time back that that is in fact a photo manipulation of a base-model coupe with GTS and vinyl accoutrements cleverly (given it is pre-Photoshop days) drawn/pasted on. He provided the picture attached comparing the two versions, albeit the original is in black and white. There is a second black-and-white shot of presumably the

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