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    TAKING STOCK

    Jan 05, 2022 3 minutes
    JON FAINE
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    ∗ JON FAINE

    MY SERIES 2 1970 E-type Jaguar caught fire a month ago. The full catastrophe was described in all its sad detail in unique Cars #460, explaining that the Lucas electrics – the weak link in so many old English cars – gave me the fright of my life.

    Sitting in a car, inside your garage, when it spontaneously combusts is not in any way amusing.

    Many old car enthusiasts have fire extinguishers in their cars 

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