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Armstrong Phaeton
on March 7 2016 |
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by Alastair Sloane |
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Armstrong Phaeton hybrid was built by engineering visionary Harry E. Dey and bristles with features that would not be seen on production vehicles until many years later. These included a tubular chassis frame that serves as the exhaust, electric lights, and electromagnetically controlled inlet valves.
Alastair Sloane has been a newspaper journalist for almost 50 years.
Has had all sorts of roles along the way, including editing two daily newspapers. Joined the NZ Herald from the Sunday Star-Times in 1996 to help launch a sports weekly. Became motoring editor of the Herald soon after, a position he held until leaving in 2012. He owns a 1968 VW Beetle. Best days at the wheel include doing part of the Land Rover Camel Trophy route in Papua New Guinea, driving a Nissan Patrol over earthquake-hit roads in Guatemala, and a Ferrari Italia 458 on Enzo’s old hill-climb road in Italy.
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