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Parade triggers passion for classic cars

On February 3, 2012August 28, 2018 By Benjamin YongIn Automotive, Features2 Comments

My most recent article, for Black Press' InMotion, about a guy on Vancouver Island who actually got a pretty cool hand-me-down car from his father -- unlike the 1984 Nissan Micra with bald tires and a broken engine mount that I learned to drive on...

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