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justhanginon

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9. Had a bright red Sunbeam Alpine Roadster and a Blue MG-B.

Sun May 6, 2018, 07:58 AM

May 2018

Loved the Alpine roadster, fun car to drive and had many a pleasant drive in it. The MG I always had to park facing downhill because it would never start easily. Also had a red 55 Jaguar roadster that had the most beautiful exhaust notes and loved it dearly but it just cost too much to maintain so I had to get rid of it. That would be my favorite. I went to an SCCA race recently and there was a Sunbeam in the pits set up for racing and I was surprised at how small it seemed compared to most of today's sports cars, maybe about the size of a Miata.

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