Jimmy Clark in a Ford Model T Sprint Car

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This brilliant photograph shows Jimmy Clark sitting in a beautiful old Model T Sprint Car, the purpose of the picture was to show the huge technological step forward between the 2 Ford powered cars and it does demonstrate it quite well. The only real question is, which would you choose to drive if you could only choose one?

Ben Branch

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Published by Ben Branch - August 24th 2012

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