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    “THE PRESIDENT’S LIMOUSINE” – By Des Kelly This is, as the title says, an interesting story, not just for owners of expensive quality cars, but for everyone who has ever owned a motor vehicle with four wheels.  While this story is one about President Franklin D R’s Limo, I feel certain that every owner of his or her new car, thought of it as a Limousine. Mine was slightly smaller than that of the Pres., it was a second-hand Austin A40, with 4 cylinders, believe it or not. I loved that car. It ran beautifully on the flat streets of Melbourne, but when I once packed my young family in the rear seat, even on 2nd gear, it couldn’t make it up a slight grade on Heatherton Road, and started rolling backwards. Being the superb driver that I was, I managed to control the car in reverse, brought ...