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E5/E10: No thanks !

Dear Classic American,

Thank you for taking the trouble to reply to my letter in last month's issue about why Esso Supreme pumps have an ES sticker on them suggesting they have ethanol in them (but in fact don't); for now then Essois the way to go. I have air-cooled 1950s/'70s-style motorcycles which cannot have an electric fan attached. However, I already have fitted an electric fan to my 1958 DeSoto as the 20mph speeds where I live (might be other reasons as well?) seem to cause her to overheat.

I noted the letter of complaint about the all-modified and customised edition (June), I too breezed through it rather quickly. At one point early in an article the writer told me if I did not like modified I had better skip the article, so I did. I appreciate that with Covid-19 lockdown in force you had to do something and that was

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