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MEMORIES OF A POSTGRAD CAR ENTHUSIAST 1967-1972

I've been following your Fiat 500 restoration and it has reminded me of my little Giardiniera mentioned in my letter in the March issue. Unfortunately I don't have a photo of that. Looking back now, I'm sure I could have made an effort to repair the underside as it was otherwise in good condition. I enjoyed the article on the Vauxhall Viva GT in April's Classic World too. I owned an HA SL90 and later an HB Viva SL, and I've subsequently written this piece titled Recollections of a Postgraduate Car Enthusiast 1967-72. This follows on from my Confessions of a Teenage Car Enthusiast 1960-1962 that you published in the March issue.

After graduation from Edinburgh Dental School I subsequently moved south to Woking in Surrey to join my first dental practice. At that time I was still driving my second Fiat 600D which I had

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