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Soft heart for soft-top: Sandy Sinclair's bright-red convertible 1949 Austin Atlantic really took Bill Taylor's heart at British Car Day last weekend
Soft heart for soft-top: Sandy Sinclair's bright-red convertible 1949 Austin Atlantic really took Bill Taylor's heart at British Car Day last weekend

Soft heart for soft-top: Sandy Sinclair's bright-red convertible 1949 Austin Atlantic really took Bill Taylor's heart at British Car Day last weekend

Date9/17/1990
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Original Toronto Star caption: Soft heart for soft-top: Sandy Sinclair's bright-red convertible 1949 Austin Atlantic really took Bill Taylor's heart at British Car Day last weekend.
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