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    Aug 25, 2023 3 minutes

    LITTLE JIM 60 YEARS AGO

    Dear Editor

    It was good to see Little Jim featured in the March 2023 issue of Old Glory. This was one of the first engines I photographed on colour slides. It was at the Revesby Rally on 1 June 1963, having travelled from Peterborough to the rally on my Lambretta TV175 with my wife as pillion! I attach a copy of that shot, which I hope is of interest.

    Philip Gibbs

    via e-mail

    RUSTON CARS AND A LANGUISHING PORTABLE

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