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If the 1946 MG TC introduced Americans
to the British sports car, the 1970 Datsun 240Z brought
the era to a close. The years between were British magic
as a wide variety of inexpensive to expensive toys were
produced, changing the back roads of America into amateur
race tracks for small, wire wheel cars driven by "Stirling
Moss" wannabees with tweed sports coats and British
country caps. Drifting through corners at great speed,
Americans had a new auto sport.
Author John Freeman, in 1955, stated, "A sports
car is an automobile intended primarily to be driven.
In this sense it differs from the family car, which
is to be ridden."
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| Most Americans simply
ignored these little cars. |
Some wives tolerated their
husbands's new lover, while others tried to become
involved. |
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