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The following is an account of Peter Sprague’s history with the Aston Martin Car Company, By Peter Sprague, originally reproduced in print as a 3-part series in the Member Magazine of the Aston Martin Owner’s Club of North America.
SWIFT RUNNING
by Peter Sprague
Prologue
On Monday, December 30, 1974 people all over England went back to work after their Christmas break. In Newport Pagnell, a small town about an