First prize was a Talbot Sunbeam Lotus. Imagine that now!
Second prize wasn’t too bad, either….FOUR lucky winners could win a Talbot Sunbeam TI.
Oh, and the cars would be taxed for a year.
Even third prize was incredible; 100 people won a Harry Moss Audioline Radio Cassette Player and twin speakers.
I don’t know when competitions like this stopped being ‘a thing’, but the stampede it would cause nowadays would be incredible.
Sadly, this competition ended in 1981. Did you win?
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