{"id":492345,"date":"2012-05-01T13:00:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T20:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=28227"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:26:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:26:17","slug":"specials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/specials\/","title":{"rendered":"Specials"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among the journals to which I contribute is Rewind, a quarterly based in Singapore. Recently the editor, Eli Solomon, wrote a wonderful piece on Malaysian motor racing specials of the 1950s. Had you seen the pictures alone, you would have been hard-pressed to guess the country of origin, though the lack of big V8s ruled out North America. Eli wondered why, with so much ingenuity, was there not a critical mass, as happened in England.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_539802\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-539802\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-539802 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4.jpg\" alt=\"Mike Lawrence\" width=\"520\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/LL-Lawrence-Mike-520x520-4-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-539802\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mike Lawrence<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Fifties was the Golden Age of special building\u2014in those countries where conditions permitted. 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