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Lamborghini, founded by Ferruccio Lamborghini in 1963, had two early successes the Miura and the exotic Countach, explains Jonny.

However, the company went bankrupt in 1978 (four years after the first Countach was produced), was revived by the French Mimran brothers in 1984, sold to the Chrysler Corporation in 1987 and is now part of the Audi AG group.

1966 Bedford camper

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The origins of DAF can be traced back to 1928, when Dutchman Hubert Van Doorne founded a truck manufacturer.

The company became DAF in 1932 and car production began in 1958.

The 46 appeared in 1974 and the first 55 Marathon in 1972, which the female model in this brochure picture clearly found to be a thrilling development.

The Austin Allegro (1973 to 1982) was nicknamed 'Flying Pig' owing to its looks and rather questionable performance'.

Vauxhall was founded by Scotsman Alexander Wilson in 1857 as a marine-engine manufacturer, was building cars by 1903 and was sold to America's General Motors in 1925, reveals Jonny.

Fast forward to 1963, the Viva range ran for the next 16 years.

Mercedes Benz W114 (1968)

Henry Ford's company has always had a knack for producing popular cars.

The 1908 Model T 'revolutionised and motorised middle America, selling more than 15million units in the process'.

Pictured here is the car that in the 1970s became the UK's best-seller the Cortina

The Volkswagen Beetle, officially the Volkswagen Type 1, is a two-door, rear-engine economy car, intended for five occupants (later restricted to four people in some countries), that was manufactured and marketed by German automaker Volkswagen (VW) from 1938 until 2003.

Lead engineer Ferdinand Porsche and his team took until 1938 to finalise the design.

With 21,529,464 produced, the Beetle is the longest-running and most-manufactured car of a single platform ever made.

The Morris story is an incredible one, as Jonny reveals.

The founder was one William Morris, who set up his first business in 1892, a bicycle repair shop.

By 1902 he was working on motorcycles.

By 1912 he had designed a car.

Then he built more at a disused military training ground in Cowley, Oxford.

In 1919 he built 400 cars using Henry Ford's mass production techniques.

In 1925 he made 45,000 cars.

The Peugeot 504, a mid-size, front-engine, rear-wheel-drive automobile manufactured and marketed by Peugeot from 1968 - 1983 over a single generation, primarily in four-door sedan and wagon configurations as well as pickup truck variants.

Peugeot sold globally about 2.3 million units of the 504 in various configurations.

The Maxi, which was first produced in 1969, as 'lacklustre'.

It was made by Austin, which was established in 1905 by Herbert Austin and went on to make Lancaster bombers before multiple mergers over the years with Morris Motors, Jaguar and Leyland.

The Ford Anglia - aka 'The Harry Potter Car' was apparently a 'real car for your money'.

Jonny reveals in Auto Erotica that when he was young he told a friend of his mum's that he wanted a Ford Anglia when he grew up.

Fascinating book presents car brochures from a time when there were no sat navs and locks and radiators had to be de-iced.

There was a time, Jonny Trunk reminds us in the introduction to his new book, Auto Erotica, when cars had no electric windows, no sat navs, no central locking, no power steering and drivers had to de-ice the locks and radiator when it was freezing cold.

Jonny sets out his evidence in the tome with a time-travel 'grand tour' through British car brochures from the 1960s to the 1980s that's 'packed full of era-defining classic cars, from those we love to those you can’t remember'.

'These were cars you had to drive and suffer slightly while you were doing it,' says Jonny....


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-10080871/Book-Auto-Erotica-grand-tour-British-car-brochures-1960s-1980s.html

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Billy said: 'I do not smoke vape pens, cigarettes or even sheesha.

I am very anti-drugs and spend my days coaching in schools with children.

‘I had just moved to a new home in Dubai and went to get a phone charger from my car when I was suddenly approached by police.

‘They jumped out to arrest me, handcuffed me. One officers pointed a taser at me, threatening to use it if I did not cooperate.

‘They demanded I show them where the drugs were. I was shocked and confused and told them I wasn’t in possession of any drugs.’

Hood said one of the arresting officers said they were interested in him from social media but did not take his phone or computer.

He maintains there was no mention of the vape liquid on his social media but in one WhatsApp message.

Police also found a few thousand pounds in cash in his flat but Hood’s employers told police they had paid him they money while his bank account was being set up.

The pressure group Detained in Dubai, who are representing the family, believe the only explanation for police turning up unannounced could be authorities spying and monitoring WhatsApp and reading the message about the vape liquid.

The United Arab Emirates are known to be users of the Israeli made spyware known as Pegasus.

Hood was held at a police station for four days where he was told if he did not sign a confession written in Arabic he would never be allowed to leave.


Hood appeared before a court last week and was convicted of drug smuggling, possession and supply and given the maximum sentence.

His worried family are pinning their hopes on an appeal next week where lawyers will argue he was bullied into signing the confession and prove there is no evidence that the vape liquid was his.

His brother Alex told Mail Online: 'It has been difficult to cope with Billy’s ongoing detention and the idea that he could be in prison until he is 50.

‘You could not meet anyone more fitness focused that Billy. He has never been into drugs and does not even smoke.

We never thought moving to Dubai could be a one-way ticket.’

The family are critical of the British Embassy in Dubai who they claim have not visited Billy during the nine months he has been held in jail.’

Hood’s mum Breda, 52, said:’ I have hidden myself away crying and crying when I think of what my son is going through.

‘It is impossible that he is involved in drugs and my son does not deserve this and I appeal to Sheikh Mohammed to intervene in this case. My son is innocent.’

Radha Sterling, founder of Detained in Dubai, said: Dubai police’s handing of drugs cases has resulted in numerous unfair detentions of foreign nationals.

‘We have seen people arrested and even convicted without evidence, often on the basis of a forced confession in Arabic or from some third party.

‘Drug convictions are prestigious for police leading to promotions and the courts do not need substantial evidence to secure a conviction.

Foreign nationals find it almost impossible to achieve a fair hearing and false allegations are common place.’

Vape liquid containing CBD ( cannabis oil) is sold by high street stores in the UK and perfectly legal although they must contain less than 0.2% of THC which is the ingredient that leads to users getting ‘high’.

Cannabis and cannabis oil is illegal in Dubai where there is a zero tolerance to drugs.

A British football coach has been jailed for 25 years in Dubai after four small bottles of vape liquid containing cannabis oil were found in his car.

Billy Hood from from Notting Hill, West London, was given the harsh sentence despite being able to prove the vape liquid belonged to a visiting friend who had mistakenly left them in his car.

The 24-year-old fitness fanatic, who is anti-drugs and doesn’t smoke, was convicted by a court of drug trafficking with intent to supply.

Police in Dubai are thought to have singled out Hood after monitoring WhatsApp messages and looking for key words related to drugs.

A week before his arrest the friend who owned the vape liquid sent a message telling Hood he had mistakenly left it behind in his car.

Hood, who played semi-professional football for Kensington and Ealing Borough FC, was stunned when police unexpectedly turned up at his flat in January and demanded to search his home and company car.

Four small vials of vape liquid containing cannabis oil (CBD) and a vape pen were later found in the passenger door compartment.

After his arrest Hood volunteered to take a urine test for drugs which came back negative.


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10083977/British-man-jailed-25-YEARS-Dubai-friends-vape-containing-cannabis-oil-car.html

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7. The Squid Game.

The final, titular game, is a one-on-one physical fight to the death.

The first player to kill the other, or wound them enough to make it to the winning triangle, becomes the winner of the entire game.

6. Marble


Marble was technical, but players were able to choose most of their own rules.

The only set rule of Marbles was that one player of each duo must be declared the winner by obtaining 20 marbles.

Each player has a pouch containing 10 marbles

5 Glass Stepping Stones


The players were tasked with crossing a bridge made of glass, with some of the glass being able to withstand weight when you jump on them, while others would break instantly and they drop to death.

Each contestant was forced to pick a number prior to participating that determined the order in which they would cross the bridge.