here’s something that makes us respond to an ugly duckling. I have spent an inordinate of time trying to make my own cars beautiful, with mixed success. My prosthetic grey Aurelia blinged up no end thanks to a few litres of bright red paint rather unevenly applied, and the pistachio green, square-rigged Alfa Giulia saloon polished up well when painted jet black, with its 1300cc engine upsized to a rev-happy 1600cc lump fed by twin Webers. The sun-damaged silver metallic Porsche
