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No-faster goodies

Accessorise! Proud car owners have always attempted to personalise their machine with add-ons, useful or otherwise, and it goes much further back than today’s underbody light sets: in Edwardian years you could buy a rear-view mirror on the (imagine!), a wicker umbrella holder or a snake’s head horn for your Stutz or Mercedes, or for the more refined a unique mascot for your Rolls-Royce radiator.

“Fluff ydice mirror have swung from kitsch to retro-i ronic ”

It’s yet another area of the collecting hobby, as classic car owners look for ways to travel back to calmer times. Between

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