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A blue Triumph Herald comes out of the dust
22 May 2015 Proven
On 22 May 2015 Konstantinos Doris, who spent his childhood summers in Myloi, found a 1962 Triumph Herald under thick dust in a warehouse in Argos; it had belonged to the air-force pilot Petros Marinos. After three years of restoration the Wedgwood-blue car became a familiar sight in the village, at rallies and at weddings.
Read the full story: Something blue in Myloi
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Blue 1960s Triumph Herald in front of the old railway station of Myloi. K. Doris & Triskelion / Visit Myloi
Sources
- I. Panotoumidis, interview with K. Doris, "Something Blue in Myloi", Visit Myloi
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