Some “classics” were disagreeable when new. Some collectors think they are not getting their money’s worth unless a car feels dangerous. Whatever Avantis are selling for nowadays they’re not worth it. Except perhaps as warnings.
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British Racing Motors never got over the Sunday Pictorial: “FOUR YEARS —18 MEN, £160,000, MUCH OF IT IN HALF-CROWNS, WENT TO BUILD A CAR THAT WOULD NOT START. Jackie Stewart demonstrated the thrilling supercharged sixteen-cylinder masterpiece that jerked only yards off a 1950s Silverstone starting grid. It was ignominy then. Yet three years later, at my first-ever motor race, I saw one win.
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