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Old 30 Dec 2012, 11:14 (Ref:3182927)   #31
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Originally Posted by John Turner View Post
There were one or two bits in the JYS programme that caught my attention, unrelated to his racing exploits really. One was the fact that he was driving (and therefore owned?) an Austin A90 Atlantic which was a huge sales flop when it appeared 60 years ago and the sort of wallowy beast that I would not have thought Sir J would have taken to, and the second was the the fact that he owned a Pantera, again not the sort of supercar from that era that I would have expected him to own. Still, good on him for both choices; he obviously still has the 'fever'.

The one thing that grated was Martin's constant reference to 'Formulee One'; never heard of it.
The Pantera conundrum - anything to do with his involvement with Ford? They owned a majority in de Tomaso at one point.
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