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HIDDEN TREASURES

"Cars are like music. I like all sorts of different tracks, but you can’t ever say best track I’ve ever heard.’” And I couldn’t agree more. ‘that’s the Steve Arnold very diplomatically swerved admitting which of his Minis is his favourite, but I quite like his reasoning.

Some might say that’s the kind of gateway thinking that turns car enthusiasts into collectors, but we don’t judge here. Steve’s garage houses four classics; a 1965 Austin in British Racing Green, a 1966 Morris in Island Blue and Old English White, and two Jaguar E-Types. So it’s safe to say it’s too late to curb his enthusiasm for British classics. After buying his first Mini at 17 in 1970, Steve got the Mini bug, and over the years he’s owned several ’60s Minis and even took part in

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