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SOWS EAR TO BLACK BEAUTY MIDNIGHT SPECIAL

HARK back to the LA Roadster Show in 2016, where a motley crew of five Kiwis quickly found Squeak's corner. As usual, he had a great setup in the swap meet area, which we used as a base camp, returning for refreshments when the heat got overbearing.

We were stooging through the swap meet with Graeme McNeill (hereafter referred to as GM) in the lead spot until he got talking to someone (and that never takes long!). I spied a rare part that I'd been enamoured with for a wee while for sale on a trestle table. It was a genuine S.Co.T blower (with no drive gears unbeknown to me) and an original manifold to boot, all with a significant price tag. I found GM and got him to check what I'd discovered, and it all seemed to be tickety-boo. But then I had to ask if he

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