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Beyond F1, the victories and failures of motor sport barely break free from the enthusiast bubble. Back when the Lotus Cortina exploded onto the circuits 60 years ago, everyone knew about it. Its successes did more than prove the car’s abilities – they gave every model, even the most humble 1200, an aura of dashing glamour. I was thinking about this as I stepped up into the ‘Tim’ Birkin/Jean Chassagne ‘Blower’ Bentley that raced for 20 ferocious hours at Le Mans 1930 before it expired with a dropped valve and put a conrod through the cylinder block. Given the long shadow cast by the Blowers you’d think they were responsible for most of the wins. They weren’t, but they have a heroic quality that casts a spell over anyone with…

‘I’ve gone to heaven. It’s a real pinch-me moment!’

It all goes back to the branch manager at my local bank when I was growing up,’ says John Purcell as he takes in the 1976 TVR Taimar. ‘His Grantura left an imprint that I’ve never been able to erase. “Gosh,” I remember thinking. “He must really love his cars.” It’s the shape that TVRs had in that era that really sticks with me, and the Taimar was even more stunning than the rest. That tailgate with its huge, curving window looked like nothing else – Jensen Interceptor aside – and just seeing it catapults me back to my youth. But I’ve never driven one. Or any TVR for that matter.’ Today that changes. John is about to transform his Blackpool dream into reality. ‘I’ve died and gone to heaven…

‘I’ve gone to heaven. It’s a real pinch-me moment!’

Split-screen ’Vettes a good buy

We idolise the 1963 Chevrolet Sting Ray Corvette because of its split rear window, something that new owners complained they couldn’t see out of at the time. Even the engineering whizz behind the Corvette, Zora Arkus-Duntov, objected to it on visibility grounds. GM quickly changed it with a full rear window after only a year. And it’s now amazing to think that in the late Sixties people would cut out the split on ’63s and fit rear screens from later cars. It’s a flamboyant, impractical design flourish from styling chief Bill Mitchell that has given those first-year C2 Sting Rays iconic status. But I bet you didn’t know you could buy a really mint split-window ’63 here in the UK for just £78,200. That’s what Bonhams drew at April’s Goodwood…

Split-screen ’Vettes a good buy

There’s a catch

Bonhams usually does well with its Goodwood sales – aperfect location with enthusiasts ‘in the mood’. This year’s Members’ Meeting looked good at first glance with a 73.4% sales rate, but that was thanks to a large chunk of lots having no reserve. There were almost no surprise high scores, and more evidence of weak areas of the market getting weaker. The decline of E-type values was under-scored when one of the first year’s most highly collectable ‘external bonnet catch’ roadsters sold for a near-low-estimate £172,500. It was the 295th left-hand-drive example, so there’s that steering wheel position to chip the value away in a UK sale. And it was an older restoration – around 20 years ago. But not many years ago this car in this condition would have…

There’s a catch

Alife filled with extreme ups and downs, seeing many changes and mixing with actors and racers, an eventual redemption after rocky times, yet most importantly always maintaining an air of essential coolness. We could be talking either about Steve McQueen or this Ferrari 275GTB/4, which McQueen became the first owner of in 1967 and kept for four years. The GTB/4 is to be offered by RM Sotheby’s at its Monterey sale in August, exactly nine years after it was sold there in 2014 for a record $10,175,000, thanks to the McQueen factor. A similar car, possibly in better condition, went for $3.75m at the same sale. The buyer then was the late UK collector David Moores, whose estate is now selling the car. That price was achieved without the usual…

Online classic sales now dominant

Analysis of online and live auction sales results over the last decade has shown that the number of classic and collectable vehicles sold online overtook live sales almost exactly at the start of the first covid-19 lockdown. All sales tracked by Hagerty were plotted, with dedicated, timed online auction sales rising from zero in 2013 to nearly 30,000 vehicles sold in 2022. In the same time period, live auction sales rose from around 18,200 to 19,500, an increase of 7%. The trend lines demonstrate that live sales were already dropping slightly and online auctions growing, even before the lockdowns, but that web-based sales have continued to boom since then. The report coincides with another from The Daily Vroom that placed three UK sellers in the seven leading online auction sites…

Online classic sales now dominant

German Techno wonders

Events The traditionally huge manufacturer stands were conspicuous by their absence at Techno Classica Essen 2023. Only Mercedes had one, while the VW Group scaled down its Autostadt concept to a single stand. BMW and Opel supported owners’ clubs instead. But dealers and collectors delivered, bringing pre-war greats more reminiscent of Rétromobile. Bugatti Type 35C ‘This car’s renovation was completed three days before the show – Ihad my first test-drive in it on Easter Sunday,’ said Philippe Mulders of Jack Braam Ruben Prestige Cars, exhibiting this 1928 Bugatti Type 35C at a show for the first time. ‘It came fourth at the first Monaco Grand Prix, with Philippe de Rothschild coming in behind Rudolf Caracciola’s Mercedes. It also won the first and second Bugatti Grands Prix at Le Mans in…

German Techno wonders

Stuttgart meets Sussex

Events Ahuge array of landmark racing Porsche 911s defined this year’s Goodwood Members’ Meeting, as part of a tribute to 60 years of the car. Elsewhere, Gordon Murray marked an important moment in the circuit’s history too, 40 years ago with Brabham. Porsche 911RSR Turbo It was the first time this landmark Porsche 911 had left its manufacturer’s Stuttgart museum since its testing role in 1974. ‘This was the world’s very first turbocharged 911,’ said Nick Perry of Porsche GB. ‘In 1974, before the Turbo road car and the 935 racer, it was a testbed for Group 5 racing technology. Four prototypes were made, of which this is the first. It did nine races, and other cars from that batch finished second at Le Mans and Watkins Glen that year.…

Stuttgart meets Sussex

Salon’s capital performance

Stunning Pebble Beach-level cars from the likes of Delahaye and Ferrari graced the second Salon Privé London Concours de Vente; a unique take on the concours in which most of the exhibits were for sale. Delahaye MS135 TV presenter Richard Hammond unveiled this dramatic art-deco Delahaye after his restoration firm, The Smallest Cog, returned it to its original appearance. ‘It was originally owned by Louis Chiron, best known for racing Bugattis,’ said Hammond. ‘Chiron specified it in two very particular shades of French Racing Blue. However, when it was restored back in 2012, it was finished in the wrong colours. ‘Its owner, a Singapore-based collector, wanted to return it to the way Chiron would’ve remembered it, but this wasn’t straightforward. The two paints were originally made by a firm called…

Salon’s capital performance

May-August event highlights

May 13-14 Beaulieu Spring Autojumble. National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire beaulieu.co.uk 19-21 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este. Como, Italy concorsodeleganzavil-ladeste.com 20-21 Classic & Modern Motorsport. Mallory Park, Leicestershire malloryparkcircuit.com 21 Simply Ford. National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire beaulieu.co.uk 27 Hagerty Hillclimb. Shelsley Walsh, Worcestershire shelsleywalsh.com June 3-4 Coventry MotoFest. Coventry, Warwickshire coventrymotofest.com 4 Simply Porsche. National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire beaulieu.co.uk 6-8 London Concours. Honourable Artillery Company, London londonconcours.co.uk 13-17 Mille Miglia. Brescia- Rome-Brescia, Italy 1000miglia.it 17-18 Thruxton Historic. Thruxton, Hampshire thruxtonracing.co.uk 17-18 Flywheel. Bicester Heritage, Oxfordshire bicesterheritage.co.uk 18 Santa Pod Retro Show. Santa Pod, Podington, Northamptonshire santapod.co.uk 18-23 Classic Marathon. Bled, Slovenia heroevents.eu 25 Simply Jaguar. National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire beaulieu.co.uk 29-July 2 Le Mans Classic. Le Mans, France lemansclassic.com July 1-2 Super Touring Power. Brands Hatch, Kent brandshatch.co.uk…

May-August event highlights

Huge Dutch hoard disinterred

In what must be the largest and most significant barn find discovery since the Baillon collection in France in late 2014, 230 cars covering a vast range of ages and styles have emerged from the ownership of one collector in the Netherlands. The cars, many of which are desirable models from quality marques, appear to be in much better condition overall than the bulk of the Baillon hoard – many of which were rescued after road accidents. The collection has been hidden in three sites near the owner’s home in Dordrecht, a town just outside Rotterdam. It was known only to a few friends and enthusiasts until February 2022 when a fire in one warehouse destroyed one car and caused some smoke damage, making the news. More recently, the owner,…

Huge Dutch hoard disinterred

I built the Mantis

LETTER OF THE MONTH As someone who was involved with the manufacture of the Mantis, I can confirm the Marcos Mantis (Barn Finds, Praying Mantis Doesn’t Bite, May 2023) was originally painted by us at the Marcos factory in Ford Aubergine, and sold to a local man in Devizes, Wiltshire. Later in the Seventies, we were commissioned to maintain and store the vehicle for a new owner who worked overseas for six months of the year and would send over funds to pay for upgrades and modifications to the car. Of these we fitted a sunroof and wire wheels amongst other things while maintaining the car for the owner, who would use it a few months of the year. I hope the car gets restored and brought back to its…

JULY ISSUE ON SALE 17 MAY-14 JULY EDITORIAL ENQUIRIES Classic Cars, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA Tel: 01733 468000 Fax: 01733 468379 Email: classic.cars@bauermedia.co.uk GROUP EDITOR Phil Bell PRODUCTION EDITOR Joe Breeze CONTENT EDITOR Sam Dawson ART DIRECTOR Karen Nunn DESIGNER Chelsea Nelms, Grace Bloye HEAD OF PRODUCTION Rob McCabe ASSISTANT EDITOR Russ Smith OFFICE MANAGER Pam Webster Contributors this month Dave Airston, Ben Barry, Nigel Boothman, Tom Critchell, Richard Dredge, John Fitzpatrick, Jonathan Fleetwood, Richard Mason, Charlie Magee, John Mayhead, Andrew Noakes, Laurens Parsons, Ross Perry, Stewart Perry, Ian Skelton, James Walshe, Quentin Willson, Emma Woodcock Cover photography Charlie Magee Advertising enquiries Classic Cars, Media House, Lynch Wood, Peterborough PE2 6EA. Fax 01733 395045 Commercial Director Kelly Millis, 01733 468422, kelly.millis@bauermedia.co.uk Key Account Directors Katie Phillips,…

When a large classic car collection is being auctioned, you get a unique glimpse into the mind of its curator. Often the mindset is random – a simple impulse to accumulate – but occasionally you see patterns, and sometimes signs of complete brilliance. The wisest collectors spend years chasing down famous or historic cars, doing deals within deals, horse trading, swapping – driven by a powerful tenacity to own. But they’re all distinguished by having The Eye. Mark J Smith of Lynchburg, Virginia, definitely had The Eye. Mark, who died recently, was a familiar figure in Lynchburg for his passion for eccentric cars and converting an old Chrysler dealership into a museum. Gooding and Co auctioned 86 of those cars at a no-reserve sale in April, with a 100% sale…

Sadly this will be my last column for Classic Cars. I have penned more than 70 stories over the last six years about my opinions and adventures in the classic car world and enjoyed doing so. I was brought into the car world very early on in my life by my father’s love for cars and it has stayed with me ever since. My father wasn’t a wealthy man, but he did start his own business in the motor trade and I became used to his coming home in the evening in some quite exotic cars. I would sit on his knee and steer them into the garage, pretending I was driving. He taught me to drive properly on the sands at Borth in Wales where he kept a caravan.…

Austin Sevens and some original thinking formed the basis for Colin Chapman’s first cars. Chapman and Lotus quickly gained a reputation for achieving great things from humdrum raw materials, and when Lotus became a serious car maker in the Fifties and Sixties its sports cars were festooned with parts originally intended for lesser machines – yet somehow the end result was always magical. It was only a matter of time before Lotus expertise was deployed not just on pure sports cars, but on making everyday cars faster and more exciting. That started in the Sixties with the Ford Lotus Cortina MkI, then in the Seventies there was the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus, and the process continued after Chapman’s death with the Vauxhall Lotus Carlton in the Nineties and the ‘Handling by…

Which is the most deserving of its badge?

‘Each one earns its Lotus badge by delivering performance and driving pleasure’ Lotus gained its reputation building racing cars, and then road-going sports cars, but the engineering expertise the company developed in its early years and gradually refined over the decades would come to be applied far more widely. The four cars gathered here are examples of that, and each one earns its Lotus badge by delivering performance and driving pleasure – though they are four very different machines, each with its own individual appeal. The easiest to dismiss is the Proton, yet it’s also the most surprising of the four. There’s a delicacy and precision to the way the Satria GTi tackles a twisty road that belies its hand-me-down origins and the lack of cachet of the badge on…

Which is the most deserving of its badge?

‘TONY ASKED IF WE COULD SET THE CAR ON FIRE’

‘You couldn’t criticise Des O’Dell – it was “my car, my team, my mechanics, my everything”’ Iremember exactly why we crashed out of the RAC rally,’ says Ian Grindrod, co-driver to Tony Pond for 1979 in the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. ‘We approached a crossroads on a brow and there was an arrow pointing over it, but a 90-degree right almost immediately after. We put the car on its roof and that was it; we were out.’ Not just out of the rally either, because the British round of the World Rally Championship marked a full stop both to the Sunbeam’s first year of competition as well as Grindrod’s and Pond’s works contracts. Motor sport director Des O’Dell didn’t fire the pair for crashing in that Welsh forest, though – he’d…

‘TONY ASKED IF WE COULD SET THE CAR ON FIRE’

LANDMARK LUXURY

No other car from this era can prepare you for the 600 initiation. If you’re not intimidated by the scale of David Salamone’s example from the outside, wait until you slip behind the slim wheel and contemplate aiming that vast bonnet through bustling traffic or narrow roads. We’ll get to that, and we’ll hear what it was like to deal in these cars and maintain them back in the day. But first, the big question – why did Mercedes-Benz create it? The brief for the 600 was simple, if not so straightforward to execute – Rudolf Uhlenhaut, director of passenger car development, stipulated they had to create a car that was indisputably the best luxury car in the world. Before World War II, Mercedes was a Daimler-Benz brand that had…

LANDMARK LUXURY

‘There was a foot-high hole in the front footwell’

It had barely scraped through its MoT test when it came to us,’ says Munich Legends’ restorer James Blackwell of the gleaming BMW E30 M3 now gracing his Haywards Heath workshop. ‘It was rusty and unloved but its owner, John Kiely, wanted it to be the best in the country.’ And this is no ordinary M3, as Munich Legends MD Dan Norris explains. ‘It was nicknamed the Europameister,’ he says. ‘After the M3’s first wins in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft [DTM – German Touring Car Championship], the demand for M3 road cars took BMW by surprise. Part of its response was a series of commemorative special editions – including this, with the lowest production run of all. Officially it’s an 88 Edition, one of 148 to mark the car’s first…

‘There was a foot-high hole in the front footwell’

THE LIFE STORY OF A Datsun 180B

1975 – Arthur Davis scratches a rallying itch ‘I’m here for what’s over the next hill,’ declares Australian Arthur Davis. ‘I have never been a mechanical guy or that passionate about cars, but I am passionate about adventure. I joined the Bathurst Light Car Club in 1970. Australian motoring legends Jack Murray and Evan Green came as guest speakers and I sat there in awe for four hours listening to their tales of rallying. From then on, rallying was the thing for me! At one point we had a rally every weekend for 12 weeks. Back then, rallies started in the evening and you all had breakfast together at the end, having done about 500km overnight. ‘Initially I bought the brand-new Datsun 180B SSS for Rod Jones and me to…

THE LIFE STORY OF A Datsun 180B

‘GROUP C CARS WERE SCARY, DANGEROUS THINGS’

The first few years of Group C were absolutely hideous,’ says five-times Le Mans winner Derek Bell. Brought together at Porsche’s Leipzig test track with a pantheon of drivers and engineers to remember the glory days of the 956, Bell doesn’t sugar-coat the era that brought him fame and fortune. ‘We came here to race, not be development drivers. The new Group C regulations meant we had to drive economically. The engineers put a card in the middle of the steering wheel to remind us of how many laps we could get to a tank – at Le Mans, 11 if you were doing well – but it meant looking down at the wheel at 225mph on the Mulsanne Straight, using the light from the trackside restaurant to see it…

‘GROUP C CARS WERE SCARY, DANGEROUS THINGS’

Six steps to buying a Honda S2000

Honda took nearly a decade to respond to arch-rival Mazda’s MX-5, but with the S2000 it established a new performance benchmark for small sports cars. Uncompromisingly tail-happy, wringing 237bhp from a lightweight high-revving four-cylinder, it made similarly priced BMW and Audi offerings look underwhelming and tame by comparison. Nowadays, its values are head and shoulders above its supposedly more prestigious rivals. As rust and track-day accidents claim them, they’re getting rarer and correspondingly more expensive. But this makes them a safe place for your money, as well as a highly entertaining one. To guide you to a good Honda S2000, we’ve tapped into the expertise of Tom Gannon of TGM Sport, Barrie Rycroft of DCY Europe, and Honda specialist Justin Haydon of JDT Tuning. Which one to choose? Evolved from…

Six steps to buying a Honda S2000

By Ivan Scelsa, £49.99, giorgionadaeditore.it, ISBN 978 88 7911 886 6 It’s been 20 years since the world got its first glimpse of the Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione in concept-car form, so Ivan Scelsa’s book is timely. Reading it, you also get a strong sense of another era having passed. The year 2003 doesn’t seem so long ago, and yet as Scelsa notes, this pre-dated social media and the 2008 crash, when dramatic, gas-guzzling design-led flights of fancy like the 8C were still considered viable. As well as the 8C coming of age, this book feels like it’s documenting the end of an era of supercars. It's also a celebration of Alfa Romeo Centro Stile, the in-house department that took on the likes of ItalDesign and Pininfarina and proved itself…

A filthy experience

1962 Jaguar E-type S1 FHC Owned by Phil Bell (phil.bell@bauermedia.co.uk) Time owned 13 years Latest/total miles 222/109835 Latest/total costs 114/£16,219 Previously Extracted the leaky radiator Get a grip, Phil! These were the words I barked at myself as I contemplated replacing the leaking aftermarket, aluminium high-capacity radiator fitted by the previous owner with a period-correct finned unit. When parts fitted during his restoration 14 years ago have needed replacing – tyres, battery etc – I’ve aimed for period-style replacements, as long as they don’t compromise usability. I love looking at classics that are a monument to period authenticity, but with mine I’ve opted for a more pragmatic approach. Fitting a correct-style Marston Excelsior radiator would have been the easy if expensive bit; replacing the Kenlowe fan clinging to the radiator…

A filthy experience

Sounds of silence

1954 Morris Minor SII Owned by Russ Smith Time owned 18 months Latest/total miles 45/18,254 Latest/total costs £744/£1872.58 Previously Fitted (noisy) Midget diff Last issue I dealt with the (far more complex than it ought to be) replacement of my Minor’s 4.55:1-ratio diff’ with a 3.9:1 MG Midget one bought from an MG specialist. My hope was for a higher, more relaxed, quiet cruising speed. The reality was that it screamed its head off at a volume that increased exponentially with speed due to wear in the crownwheel and pinion that hadn’t been evident to my untrained eyes. It was despatched to BMC transmission specialist Hardy Engineering in Leatherhead, Surrey. Bill McDonough was swiftly on the phone to confirm its knackered-ness, and with some options. They could rebuild my unit…

Sounds of silence

A barrage of bad luck

2001 BMW 530i Sport manual Owned by Joe Breeze (joe.breeze@bauermedia.co.uk) Time owned 19 months Latest/total miles 964/115,229 Latest/total costs £0/£1327.45 Previously O2 sensor replacement, new tools Well, I was asking for it really. In my last update I was half-complaining about the lack of urgent tasks the E39 had thrown at me during the first 18 months of ownership. It was inevitable that problems should then start to arrive – gradually, then all at once. First, early on a February morning, I was rearranging our cars on the driveway and, with condensated mirrors and bleary eyes, backed the BMW straight into a van that’d been left slung partway across. Regardless of the driver’s wisdom in abandoning his grey van in a no-parking zone on a foggy morning with no lights…

A barrage of bad luck

1976 RR Silver Shadow I £49,950

You need to bear patina and originality in mind when considering taking on this Rolls-Royce. Yes, it’s not aesthetically perfect and would require work to get it back to as-new condition. However, it’s also a genuine 24,314-miler that’s had just one owner since it was barely one year old. If preserving a car’s history is important to you, it’s a delicate balance to strike. With this in mind, the driver’s door doesn’t quite shut flush, seemingly the fault of stiff door rubbers that feel as though they’re on the edge of hardening. There’s cracking in the window rubbers all round, sinkage in the paint above the passenger-side rear door handle, and big cracks in the lacquer on the passenger-side scuttle. There’s also evidence of a scratch on the passenger-side rear…

1976 RR Silver Shadow I £49,950

1994 Delta Integrale Evo 2 £99,995

The Evo 2 is the last of the Lancia Delta Integrales to be sold in the UK and, from a collector point of view, the one to have. This one’s history is patchy, though. It was imported from Italy in 2017 and, prior to this date, all its documents are in Italian. The paper trail isn’t complete enough for a comprehensive service history or to confirm its mileage – its last Italian service recorded was at a Lancia main dealer at 45,310km in August 2000. But since 2017, nearly £10,000 has been spent on it at London specialist Zagato Lancia, and in June 2022 Lancia Classic issued it with a certificate of originality. Once up to temperature the twin-cam is flexible and happy at lower revs in traffic. Drop a…

1994 Delta Integrale Evo 2 £99,995

1958 Renault 4CV £12,995

The enemy of tiny tinplate Renaults is always rust, which is what makes this 1958 4CV such a rare survivor. The corrosion has been dealt with on this car, leaving it ready to enjoy. The paintjob is good; the original, enjoyable interior is a bonus. It does need using and a wee tidy up – loose door catches, loose door trims and door rubbers, a poor contact in the ignition switch – but it’s an unusual and amusing way to scoot about. It’s a shame there’s so little printed history though. It’s clearly been restored recently but there’s no record of the work done, nor are there any MoT certificates or service records. It was imported from France around 2016 and has had a grand total of five owners since…

1958 Renault 4CV £12,995

2000 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante £39,950

Manual Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volantes are rare beasts. Even when built in an era of relative mass-production for Aston, only 118 left the factory in this configuration. While mega-money Zagatos and track-honed GTs may be more collectable, a manual drop-top stands out among the hordes of automatic DB7s for sale as a car for both keen drivers and extroverts. Also, it’s arguable that this is the closest you’ll get to the car that the then-range-topping Vanquish should have been – without resorting to open-wallet surgery. The V12 starts without hesitation. Once warmed through, oil pressure is a healthy 2 bar at idle, rising to 4.5 under load. There was some white exhaust smoke on start-up but this cleared quickly, suggesting just condensation. The interior is excellent apart from the…

2000 Aston Martin DB7 Vantage Volante £39,950

‘Parity with Chrysler almost brought Ford to a full stop’

On the cover of CAR’s July 1973 issue the tabloid-style headline screamed ‘Whose Spanner In Whose Works?’ The story of the British car industry’s woes in the Seventies is well-known in retrospect, with unrealistic trade union demands and corner-cutting management generally blamed. But this article brings in an international angle that’s rarely discussed. ‘British Leyland’s much vaunted money injection last spring may have come too late,’ wrote Clive Ranger. ‘In 1971 they invested only £48 million against £130 million for Fiat and £124 million for VW. No wonder foreign competitors in the British market have become a cause for concern.’ In the UK, however, most car makers were US-owned, bringing US practices with them. ‘Chrysler put through wage rates that made lords of the Avenger workers,’ Ranger noted. ‘In so…

‘Parity with Chrysler almost brought Ford to a full stop’

WHAT’S IT WORTH? Whether you’re buying or selling, our guide illustrates how the market is treating that model. We consult specialists, clubs and dealers, scour auction results and pool knowledge with classic car insurance specialist Hagerty to ensure our guide is as accurate as possible. But an individual car’s value can only be assessed in person. Cars with exceptional mileage, history, unrestored originality or fresh restorations can be worth disproportionately more. On ‘bluechip’ models our price spreads reflect the importance of provenance and history over condition. in partnership with USING THE GUIDE NEED TO SEE PRICES EVERY MONTH? Our price guide is in every issue of our digital edition. Subscribe on p92…

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