{"id":493690,"date":"2014-03-01T00:10:01","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T00:10:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=12648"},"modified":"2023-12-31T20:46:45","modified_gmt":"2023-12-31T20:46:45","slug":"1963-toron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/1963-toron\/","title":{"rendered":"1963 \u201cToron\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p>The year 1963 gave us the Lava Lamp, touch-tone phones, instant coffee and Johnny Depp. That same year Jim Clark captured his first Formula One championship, Ferrari won Le Mans for the seventh time, and Parnelli Jones chugged the milk at Indy. Down under, Australian-born John Dickenson gave the world the first modern hang glider, and Kerry Luckins birthed the Toron.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s a Toron?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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