Picture quality varies a wee bit as I was using two different cameras, not two different types of film - and the scanner is causing me grief.
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Picture quality varies a wee bit as I was using two different cameras, not two different types of film - and the scanner is causing me grief.
Scanner is playing up again... Now it won't focus properly. (Reloaded 2 days later...)
The previous two pictures of the Triumph, I didn't give it the nickname it acquired, when peering under the bonnet. Journalists were very quick to nickname this twin cam Triumph "Sabrina". Do a Google search for Sabrina 1964.
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This car is also a Triumph, but note the SLR, same as the Morgan SLR. Just to confuse matters, there was a Morgan SLR carrying #27 as well...
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Fifty years of HWM - one of Goodwood's strengths is the ability to recognise these anniversaries and also get enough support to create a good display, on or off the track.
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I think it might have been Gerry Marshall in this Austin Healey.
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Scanner back to normal, but had to rescan several that initially came out fuzzy, when I knew the negatives were sharp.
Flat cap and pipe - has to be an MG...
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Morgan SLRs. There were 3 Morgan SLR's built. They were SLR bodies on Morgan chassis and there was one SLR body built on a TR4 chassis.
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Looks like a flat tyre for the Austin Healey. Almost TVR-like from this angle.
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I may have told this story before, but the Tamiya model of this very car has the build sheet down as red upholstery. In the metal (or leather) the real colour is blue. I was so annoyed I sold off my made up model on Trademe! Fortunately I still have two unmade kits of this competition version and one of the road version. The road wheels on the model need to be silver, not chrome too...
For those who like construction kits, the Tamiya Jaguar MkII ranks at the very top of my list - though you do need patience, a pair of tweezers and a good pair of glasses for the 15 transfer dashboard.
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Still Goodwood 2000. This is pre digital so not as many as I would have taken today, but still a fair few 'in the bag'. The difference is that today I have to scan each old image to save it, whereas with digital, it is a case of discarding!
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He was no longer in Dire Straits... Long time Maserati 300S owner, Mark Knopfler. By coincidence, Sultan's of Swing is on the radio right now! He also recorded a radio programme with Chris Barber's Jazz band earlier in 2000, which I enjoy listening to, as someone in the UK recorded it for me.
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If there is ever a V16 BRM running, (a bucket list car to see and hear), take a photograph the first time it goes past, as you might not see it again!
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It was Tony Vandervell's frustration with the above BRM V16 project, that led him down the path of the Thin Wall Special and then on to the Vanwall. As mentioned previously, had he spent more effort on the rear engine Vanwall instead of clinging to the by then, outdated front engined cars, history might have been so different.
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Regardless of the crowds, the Brits always seem to be aware and considerate of those taking photographs. Now everyone and his dog has a cellphone/camera, much of that consideration has evaporated and some of these modern snappers seem to take forever to get their pic.
If there is one piece of advice I'd offer it would be to arrive as soon as the gates open - or earlier now that there is a whole area just outside the track, full of great food stalls. The huge crowds come in steadily throughout the day.
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From an earlier scanned film. It wouldn't be Goodwood without some rain... This was Friday practice/qualifying. We got soaked and I had to buy either new shoes or trousers before we checked into our accommodation at Midhurst that night. My wife always patiently stands by me but I'd rather now go to events on my own, as it is not really fair on her.
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Lancia re-creation for recreation...
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More from HWM
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From the negative, but before scanning, this almost looked like the V16 BRM! Should'a gone to Spec Savers.
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Still back in the year 2000. Can't believe it is already 17 years ago!
LDS Alfa - though I initially labelled it as a Cooper!
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Bernie Ecclestone bought Connaught...
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One of the other celebrations was for the late Jim Clark. When I left my second job, the lads presented me with a very good model kit of this Indy Lotus.
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CUT7 without the pale blue paint.
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The pre 66 car park is always well worth a visit, but we scuttled past. Note the AC Greyhound behind the HRG.
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I'm afraid it all gets a bit samey from now on with many of the remaining shots from the same viewpoint.
In the correct order - R1A
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R5B - 'Remus' taken during the Jim Clark tribute, with Ludovic Lindasy at the wheel.
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R12B. Note the different shade of yellow.
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E Type ERA, GP1 with Duncan Ricketts, who has now got this car going very well - except at Goodwood 2016... The car has been rebuilt as the original was badly damaged back in about 1950.
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Donington 1939 - and one of my favourites of Dad's photographs. Not sure if it is the same car below in 2000 - rear view mirror is definitely different. Driver seems to be sitting a lot lower too. Aren't we lucky? Soccer players or rugby players can't really replay or recreate the past glories, but we can still see (and hear) the cars that thrilled our fathers.
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1938 Alta
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Donington Museum Alta GP1, taken in 2002. Is it still there or has that also disappeared?
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As mentioned at least once before, Cooper Bristols are so photogenic as you can really see the drivers working. Not like the modern F1 cars that is for sure.
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Roddy MacPherson - who else could it be!
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The Jim Clark tribute
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Donington Museum 2002. I prefer the Mk2 V16 as it has a bit more character.
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I hate scanning.... So slow, so boring, so don't be surprised if I take a break in a day or two!
Just a reminder that these pics of the Donington Museum were taken July 2002 and as I have alluded to several times before, two of the six halls are now taken up by Kevin's WWII military collection, so 4 halls of cars - and almost half of those exhibits are McLarens and Williams - or were. I'm not sure whether or not all the Williams cars are there now, as they too have set up their own historic section.
If anyone has visited in recent times or intends to visit, a list of current exhibits would be most useful, even though some may be rotated, I don't believe there are anywhere near as many there now as there used to be. Donington itself is very coy about what is still there and they are not at all helpful.
At Donington, there are two statues out front. The two drivers Tom Wheatcroft obviously rated higher than any other. Tazio Nuvolari being one, Ayrton Senna the other. This small display was some years before the statues were commissioned, but note the Auto Union pic to the rear - Dad's photograph (shown on here before) at the same meeting follows. Note the Ferrari badge on the Alfa.
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ERA E Type, GP2. (I showed GP1 a couple of posts ago) and they were the only 2 E Types built.
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Auto Union cockpit
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The 4WD McLaren. I believe that one local enthusiast was keen to purchase this car and bring it back to NZ.
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The McLaren hall - which is just a bit too samey for me.
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Ellerslie 2002 - I believe the theme was 'Race'
The ERC group - but others were scattered over other stands. Stuart's white Midget is currently being fettled and hopefully will return to the track. I think we need more of these 1300cc sports cars out there racing.
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More ERC competitors
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Yes, more ERC competitors. Why are we not seeing these smaller engined Triumphs around on the tracks? Has every one graduated to V8 Perana type Capris? We had three Spitfires running back then and three MG Midgets.
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The Andy Turpin Jaguar now owned by Derek Moore. Rob's XJ6 behind.
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Yes, more ERC competitors. Why are we not seeing these smaller engined Triumphs around on the tracks? Has every one graduated to V8 Perana type Capris? We had three Spitfires running back then and three MG Midgets.
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Hi Ray, The impression I got was that the Auckland based Spitfires disappeared because they were pretty much shunned. That and they got tired of 3 races at a two day meeting. Gary's car above was sold to a guy in Palmerston North who appears to have pulled it apart to "fix" it and it's not reappeared since. Ian Anderson still has his yellow Spitfire 1500 but has retired from racing. The third Spit is either mine (which I still have and it still runs when the Triford is waiting on suppliers to deliver) or Malcolm Protheroe's (I suspect he still has his too, but last I heard his interests were directed elsewhere).
Perana replicas at least look better filling grids than the fibreglass Cobra replicas that used to turn up en masse.
Not sure about the 'shunned'! We actually waived Gary's entry fee at one meeting when he elected to go to full time study and also his annual registration fee.
No fibreglass Cobra replicas ever ran with ERC.
The 3 races over two days is indeed an issue for some people, but the logistics are quite simple. Run a 1 day meeting, 6 classes. One practice and 3 races. Run a 2 day meeting, 12 classes, 1 practice and 1 race followed by 2 races on day 2.
Having polled our drivers several times, there are as many who prefer a 1 day meeting as a 2 day meeting, so the series has always had a mix. From a personal perspective, in a 1 day meeting, life was somewhat frenetic, trying to run my own car for 4 sessions and also calculate/publish the handicaps not for 1 grid, but for 2!
Ted Rollason's gorgeous E Type. He later ran it in Targa with his buddy, the late Geoff Manning.
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Richard McCarthy and the immaculate Lotus 47.
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Pukekohe, March 30/31 2002.
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This is the very TR6 that eventually suffered a metal failure (stub axle?) entering the 'Mountain' and landed on its roof and where I was just a second behind. I topped and tailed my car against the concrete barriers on the inside as there was nowhere to go whilst the TR6 was spinning on its roof, in the middle of the track, eventually ending up on the outside. Such is motor racing - and my car still has some of the scars from that incident and has never looked immaculate since.
One of the reasons I'm not keen on concrete barriers too close to the racing line and with no escape route. No excuse on a full time race track.
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[QUOTE=ERC;60589]Not sure about the 'shunned'! We actually waived Gary's entry fee at one meeting when he elected to go to full time study and also his annual registration fee.
No fibreglass Cobra replicas ever ran with ERC.
The 3 races over two days is indeed an issue for some people, but the logistics are quite simple. Run a 1 day meeting, 6 classes. One practice and 3 races. Run a 2 day meeting, 12 classes, 1 practice and 1 race followed by 2 races on day 2.
Having polled our drivers several times, there are as many who prefer a 1 day meeting as a 2 day meeting, so the series has always had a mix. From a personal perspective, in a 1 day meeting, life was somewhat frenetic, trying to run my own car for 4 sessions and also calculate/publish the handicaps not for 1 grid, but for 2!
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Hi Ray,
Sorry - I should have said it wasn't the ERC/Leisuretime series that they had issues with! It was other events (yeah, I know this sounds like a cop out).
Regarding the TR6 axle failure, it's a known issue if you've hung around Triumphs long enough. The problem seems to lie in the keyway that is at the end of many Triumph axles (those with trailing arm IRS or with swing axles). Cracks develop from the corners at the inner end of the keyway and work around the axle until it weakens enough to snap. New axles are available and racers in the USA have come up with outer solutions too.
Alan.
PS - I'm enjoying the photos too.
Agree. the Scarab, Scirocco and the earlier Eagle pics are all beautifully presented cars and it is all too easy to overlook the USA representation in F1 which added variety and some much needed colour, before the advertising swamped any vestige of National colours.
I'm no expert on Triumphs (or any other car for that matter) but I was marshalling at Pukekohe when Chris Watson's TR5 did a barrel roll just after I'd put the camera down... (Chris wasn't driving) and I'm not sure what caused his take off at Whenuapai in the TR7V8 either.
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Thanks to the Leisuretime sponsor, Geoff Bonham (seated), I was invited to join him on a visit to the late John Fernyhough's private collection of British cars, on Manukau Rd. We were allowed to sit in the cars and it was on this visit, that I was able to establish that some of my favourite cars were not built to accommodate six-footers!
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I believe the exhibits were sold off after John's passing which is a shame, as there were some interesting cars in there, whilst not rare in the true sense, there were examples of cars I have never seen elsewhere in NZ.
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Targa 2005 - probably the first appearance of Neil Tolich's Perana. Not the best of photographs, but this is the last but one negative film I ever took. By this time, I had a compact Digital camera (from May 2004) but hadn't progressed to a DSLR.
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Ray- whose is the Stag ?
Not at all sure John, but I think it was a regular Targa competitor at the time (2005)
First 4 from 2002
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Jo Hill's controversial Herald V8. This spectacularly driven Herald V8 (Rover V8 power) was hugely popular on Targa and as at that stage, there was very little opportunity to compete with this sort of car for the rest of the year, Jo asked if he could run with ERC.
I rewrote the rules to accommodate the car as I considered it a period car with an appropriate period engine (from the same group - BL), therefore COULD have been built in period.
In period it was obviously OK to put a Corvette engine into a Ford Zephyr and everyone clapped their hands with glee.
For some reason, this car divided attitudes like no other. It led to a major split between the Series and those race organisers who demanded each car had a CoD - which obviously it wouldn't get. We stood by our stance that it should be allowed to run and when Chris & I offered our version of T & C rules, we left a section open precisely for this type of car. As you all know, this never happened. More's the pity.
To this day, you can't build a period saloon special and get it accepted. Even though the ERC rules were rewritten to accept this type of car, contrary to the doomsayers, the series was never overrun by cars of this type and even Jo didn't run with us, as I believe he moved to Australia. Our rules allowed a maximum of 5 repowered cars per season, but to date, 12 years later, the number of cars accepted on application = 0.
You can of course stuff a Ford V8 into a 1300cc Capri and call it a Perana...
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And of course never forget the current trend of V12 Jags into Morris Minors.......now where shall we put them ?
Also on trademe there is a Jag 4.2 powering a Tank- great for CMC.....LOL
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David Nathan owned this Stag at the time - and probably still does, although Carjam suggests it's not been road legal since 2008. When it was built, the engine reportedly was out to 3.2L and had a steel crankshaft amongst other fruity bits.
Skipping around a bit as I am uploading stuff that may have been scanned a few days ago and has been partially sorted before final filing.
Donington Museum 2002. Some of the cars may well have been shown on this thread before, but from earlier or later visits.
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The display of earlier McLarens is interesting but the later cars are too similar other than to a real McLaren enthusiast. The display ranges from F2 to F1 but includes the 4WD car as posted before.
Back there in 4th position looks like the Patsy Burt hillclimb car. Some of the cars on display were on loan and many of those were removed when Tom died and the finances took a dive, even though the museum was a separate entity to the track.
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Back to 2005 - and into 2006
Mike John instigated the 'Living Legends', with drivers reunited with their cars (or similar cars), with a race meeting combined with Targa at Pukekohe. A very successful day in terms of spectator numbers.
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Clive Taylor - and I'm guessing this was January 2006 at Pukekohe.
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The first B & W pics are from the first two films I ever took, but this was before I borrowed Dad's Leica on a regular basis.
Bear in mind it wasn't until about 1980 that I even had access to a long lens (and that wasn't very long!) and about 1982 before I acquired my first SLR, so the quality isn't anywhere near as good as I would have liked.
1964 - Lotus Elite. I must tot up just now many pics I have of Lotus Elites...
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Fast forward to May 1966, Mallory Park.
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Then to May 1974.
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Still a mix from old negatives, before I return to that massive pile of slides!
1974 continued. Another Marcos Mantis...
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I have these down as May but they could even be June, but I haven't fished out a race programme to check.
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A pedant could have a field day with those description boards in front of the cars at Donington...
Ray,
I always enjoy all your photos and appreciate all the effort you must go through to present them.
The Mallory Park photos bring back memories for me but those photos got left behind when I left London in 1973.
Your photos of the 1966 Grovewood Trophy Race in May show at first: David Hobbs # 2 leading Brian Redman # 3 in their Lola T70 Mk2s ahead of eventual winner Denny Hulme in the white (Sid Taylor Racing) Lola T70 Mk 2 around Shaws Hairpin. (A popular viewing spot )
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Your other photo at the same corner shows: # 12 Peter Sutcliffe who came 2nd in his Ford GT40 after Hobbs and Redman retired, followed by David Piper in his Ferrari 250 LM # 16, then the # 6 McLaren Elva Mk2 of David Prophet and the # 15 Ford GT 40 of Eric Lidell.
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(Thanks again Ray, I hope you don't mind me butting in. Ken H )
Glad it brought back memories Ken! As mentioned earlier, my ex managed to 'lose' much of my precious stuff - including the prints from those days - when the household stuff arrived and she arrived, 9 months after I'd left. Luckily, I had a large box of stuff shipped as I left and that included the negatives and slides.
When you look at the above pics, it is hard to accept that in 1966, a tiny track (1.35 miles long) was able to attract no less than three Ford GT40s plus the Lolas, McLarens and David Piper's Ferrari!
In catch up mode, scanning various films where odd ones may have been scanned some time ago.
Yup, another Lotus Elite! Taken at Wollaton Park, probably around May/June 1979
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I think this is from 2002 but I'm not sure what car! Someone will know.
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On to January 2006.
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Paul Forsyth's MG BV8 in GT series guise. Not the sharpest of pics, but it shows the full width wheels filling the bodywork.
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I think this may well be the last ever weekend of using film. The Aussie V8 meeting March 2006. Thanks again to our Leisuretime sponsor, I was able to enjoy the hospitality of Tasman Motorsport on the Saturday.
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If it hadn't been for the Corporate view, up high, I doubt I would have got many decent pics...
Ray, that corner of Mallory has barely changed, good spot for the photos. When the camera battery has charged I will post some of the VSCC meeting yesterday. A full field of 500s, the fabulous Aero engined cars.... it was sensory overload!
Yup. It was the closest I could get to the track and with no long lens, many of my pics have to be severely cropped. Once free of parental shackles (dad borrowed a firm's car now and again) and/or public transport, I used to get there early, do the paddock then park myself at the hairpin for the rest of the day. Oh how I wish I had today's long lens and DSLR back then... but I have said that before!
I have no idea where or why there is a green stripe across these negs. That darned Russian camera (Kiev) wasn't exactly 100% reliable. (1979)
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1982
Remember we had a garage 2 doors way ('Chick' Wheelhouse) and he expanded to more modern premises in Old Basford, with the opening performed by Lewis Collins. Sadly, not a very sharp pic... Not at all professional quality.
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Out back was this Bitter.
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The Nottingham Sports Car Club ran a training day at Curborough sprint track March 1982 and part of the training was for flag marshals and St Johns Ambulance staff, which in the UK is 100% volunteers. Most of the younger ones were fairly new to dealing with seatbelts of any sort and here, NSCC Chief Flag Marshal Mike Mayfield, shows the full harness belts and probably the kill switch fitted to John Stonard's Piranha AFTER he had been extracted by the more experienced personnel!
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