9 Jul 2018 – Driven To Write

Ashtrays: 1963-1976 Alfa Romeo Tipo 105

Rust nibbles this Alfa Romeo Giulia Sprint GT.

Rust nibbles the interior as well. The 1963-1978 car is well documented except the ashtray: a flip-over lid.

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Re-1998 Part 1: Volvo S80

I know we’ve talked about this car before but the theme is summer 1998 and around then, a worrying two-decades back, this car was fresh and new.

“Volvo S80 takes the fight to BMW,” roared What Car in 72 point lettering. “It may be unmistakably Volvo but the all-new S80 has enough style and appeal to give rival luxury saloons a fright. And it won’t cost the earth either,” they continued. This claim x or y car will frighten BMW et al is a constant.

Somewhere (I’ve lost it) I have a copy of Autocropley with a headline saying Continue reading “Re-1998 Part 1: Volvo S80”

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