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CLASSIC CARLOSES A FRIEND

John Corbett will be missed by the staff at New Zealand Classic Car as well as by the drivers and friends he raced against, most often in his beloved Lotus 7 S4, Lolita.

John passed away in the early hours of 1 January. I was his co-driver in the Targa New Zealand VCC Time Trial in his spectacularly beautiful 1964 Series 1 E-Type FHC, Emma (see 379, July 2022). We didn’t get close to winning thanks to my

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