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  • Down on the Amsterdam Street – Two Citroën CX:s

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    Not long after the previous Citroën sighting of the LNA, we stumbled upon one of many beater Citroën CX:s with chrome bumpers running around the city. Yeah, where up here in the north you’d only really see beat-to-hell Xantias, in Amsterdam it’s ridiculously easy to see a CX still doing service despite a few knocks…

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  • Down on the Amsterdam Street – Citroën LNA

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    Walking the Amsterdam streets with the famous automotive writer Blake Z. Rong, this was the first car that merited a mid-sentence HOLY SHIT realization. A Citroën LNA of all things! Complete with a few knocks and a totally matte paint, it looked like a very good runaround if you like your Citroëns tiny and shortened.

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  • V.I.S.I.T – What Would You Pay for this 1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible?

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    There are always a few cars that are for sale when taking in a local car show, and the one I went to on Sunday is no exception. Here is a 1963 Ford Galaxie that seems well worn, but is it a good buy?

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  • Bristol 412, the Rich Man's Firebird

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    You know what’s cooler than owning a Bristol? Owning the entire company. – Justin Timberlake Ok, maybe JT didn’t actually say that. I can’t imagine him behind the wheel of a Bristol anyway, especially this fine 412 that comes rocketing straight out of the 70s with both T-Tops and a landau roof and styling by…

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  • Streetwalker – Alfa Romeo Giulietta

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    I spotted this little Alfa across from an Italian restaurant and around the corner of the German battleship, in the trendy district of Clerkenwell. I was there to stake out a car made entirely from Play-Doh, but to no success. Clerkenwell is a small area, and a bright-blue Play-Doh car is hard to miss, so…

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  • Streetwalker – Sink the Bismarck!

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    When it was constructed, the Bismarck was the largest warship in the world. It displaced more than 50,000 tons and featured 72 total guns; its largest battery were a complement of eight 380mm guns on four turrets, which it used against British heavy cruisers with devastating effect.

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  • Triumph TR6: What Would Van Gogh Drive?

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    Did you know that the Triumph TR6’s panel gaps are large enough to fit another TR6?

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  • Streetwalker – Bootless Brit Bruiser Battle!

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    I spotted this dynamic duo shamelessly bringing down property values in West London: home of celebrities and cognoscenti and the rich and the famous and those who don’t find Robin Leach to be hilariously ironic. You can’t fling a chip butty without it splattering malt vinegar on a German luxury car. There must have been…

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  • Brown Reliant Scimitar GTE As 1970s As It Gets

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    In 1970s England the coal mines shut down, Maggie Thatcher becomes the first female Prime Minister, Marc Bolan sang “life’s a gas, I hope it’s gonna last” (it didn’t), and this big, brown Reliant Scimitar GTE SE6 rolled off the Tamworth, Staffordshire production line with a two-fingered salute at the incoming wave of Japanese and…

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  • Hollywood Hydraulics

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    When my buddy, Hamish, isn’t traveling around the country promoting his new movie at film festivals, he can be found developing incredible calf muscles while walking around his neighborhood in the Hollywood hills. That city with a sign is home to many eclectic residents, including this rare refugee from gay paree.

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