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Four in the desert

Now, if one was heading off to the ‘Land of Sun and Sand’ – as the feature with which this accompanying picture was published, on June 25, 1936, was entitled – how many would choose an Ariel Square Four for the journey?

With the feature last month (November 2023, Trip of a lifetime, page 46) involving taking a BSA M20 into the same area, what with the M20 being simple, rugged, tough and hardy, as

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