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The Many Faces of Amelia.(Amelia Island, Florida's annual vintage car show: Concours d'Elegance)

AutoWeek,  April, 2004  

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It's a sunny Friday afternoon, and I'm trolling down Highway A1A, the two-lane beach road on Amelia Island, Florida. Traffic is crawling, but for once I'm not itching to pass. The vehicle in front, the one holding up the tourists, looks like a stagecoach- but it's really an early Rolls-Royce.

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The only reason I know this is that, minutes earlier, I'd happened upon a show of vintage Rolls-Royces in Fernandina Beach, Amelia's historic small town. I follow the ancient Roller hoping to talk to its owner. I've never seen this car before, but I have a pretty good idea where it is ...

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