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[photo credit: Rob Clements via Ultimatecarpage.com]
Ah, Automobile Quarterly … and it’s not all brass radiators and wheel spats, on occasion they do more modern stuff.
My father recently gave me all of his car books (ironically, a lot of them I had given to him over the years as presents). Included in that lode was a complete set of AQs.
The downside to this is now I HAVE TO keep the AQ subscription going, or there will be a gap (and we can’t have that). And since an AQ subscription is ~$80/year, that’s not exactly cheap.
But still, they are a very good resource to have on hand.
Now, if I could just get dad to hand over that Sunbeam Tiger of his …
December 23, 2007 @ 10:49 am