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Letter of the Month: Time Traveler

I’ve been borrowing and reading my brother’s copies of HMM for the last couple of years. I always read Terry McGean’s columns first and have found they resonate with me more every month.

I’ve been a “car guy” forever—I’m now 59. I have been fortunate enough to find and get a couple of my dream cars. Being budget challenged, they were all projects when I bought them and now are mostly finished—you know what that means.

Anyway, regarding the “Period Pieces” column in the April issue, every time I get behind the wheel of my ’71 4-4-2 W-30 and see those hood scoops, I’m taken back to the

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