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THE FASTEST PRODUCTION FORD; There's only one left running, and Rob Collings has it.(Ford 100)(B-24J Liberator bomber)(Product/Service Evaluation)

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Byline: WILLIAM JEANES

Imagine that you are a handsome, hazel-eyed, 28-year-old single male, six feet tall with a beautiful Swedish girlfriend. What's more, you can drive any one of six dozen classic and racing cars anytime you want. Could life get any better than that?

Well, yes, but only if you are Rob Collings. Because you would also have driven endurance races at Daytona and Sebring, and you would be a licensed pilot who soloed in a Stearman biplane at age 16. And got your Citation jet certificate at 17.

It doesn't stop there.

Young Mr. Collings also has access to a number of aircraft, mostly ex-military planes. Some are based at ...

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