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In the pink

STRIKING. That's the only word to describe this 1974 t-type Series 3 open-two-seater. Although Heather {that's pink to you and me) was never a popular colour at the time, especially for a supposedly ‘masculine’ sports car, it still results in an eye-catching sight.

It was mainly because of the colour that the car’s original supplying dealer didn’t want to sell it and why its first owner kept it for almost five decades, only deciding to sell his pink pride and joy earlier this year.

The E-Type was first registered on 8 April, 1974 by a Cheshire-based British Leyland dealer. Wood Lane Garage in the

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