Jon Faine

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French Flair – Faine

Since this is Unique Cars #504, I pay tribute to one of the best cars I ever owned … a 1974 Peugeot 504GL, inherited from my father. I must also voice my regret at not keeping it and (a little too late to matter) apologise to Dad along the way.
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Light years ahead – Faine

My 1949 Citroen Light 15 always reminds me of my student years. As a pretentious young nerd back in the 1970s I used to cruise around in an almost identical car. Now as a pretentious old nerd I cherish
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Grand Plan – Faine

I am not a car designer’s bootlace. Nor am I even the swarf falling from the cut-offs of the tooling of an engineer, nor do I resemble the makings of the most incompetent of apprentice panel beaters.
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Surprise! Fixed It – Faine

Like life itself, fixing old cars can be infuriating, humbling but occasionally exhilarating. The 1970 Citroen DS21 Pallas is sublime – when everything works. There are a thousand reasons to smile; the
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