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Goldie Gardner’s MG record car… restored

The 1930s were an era when Britain was famous for building record-breaking cars and drivers like George Eyston, John Cobb and ‘Goldie’ Gardner were schoolboy heroes. When Dinky Toys arrived on the scene, in 1934, it was inevitable that many of these record cars would appear in the range, such as Eyston’s ‘Speed of the Wind’ and ‘Thunderbolt’. Several sold

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