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Our Editor-in-Chief takes a Sabbatical: a 350 cu V8 Chevelle

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  You may have noticed that a fair chunk of UMPH staff have just done the big f*ckoffski, taking (un)fair advantage of their overly generous leave entitlements.  With personnel currently spread from Italy to Canada , the editor-in-chief has not only had to pick up his own coffee, he’s had to pay for it himself, too! Working on the premise that what’s good for the gooses* is even better for the gander, our E-i-C decided a bit of tax-deductible travel is just what the company accountant - had we such a person in our employ - probably would’ve ordered and has taken a sabbatical to Cottesloe Beach, Western Australia .   Why Cottesloe beach?   One word - or acronym - really:  FIFO !  Or drug money, possibly .   There are more noveau Porshe 911s and Ferraris than our beloved E-i-C has seen outside of anywhere but Monaco, plus a constant parade of Brock / HSV Commodores, classic Aussie GM, Ford and Chrysler muscle - his absolute faves being a patina-spec HT...