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TygrBright

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2. I still have the very fondest memories of my 1972 Nova...

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 08:20 PM

Nov 2021

I nearly bankrupted the local Midas dealership - they put FOUR free replacement mufflers on that car.

Practically everything but the chassis and the drive train fell off that car at some point or other, including the rearview mirror, the hood, two window roller handles, the side mirror, and the steering wheel (while I was parallel parking, no less).

Damn' thing never stopped running, though, not even in Minnesota winters when I had to run out and shove a screwdriver in the butterfly valve to get it to start.

Those were the days....

reminiscently,
Bright

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