Car Mechanics

Yesterday’s Future: Concept Cars of the 1960s

REVIEWED BY RICHARD GUNN

► It’s fascinating to look back on Car Mechanics issues of past eras, to the days when you didn’t need a computer to do something simple like deactivate a handbrake – and WD40, duct tape, a flat-blade screwdriver and a hammer really could solve most mechanical problems.

Simpler times they may have been, but many car firms and designers still

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