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dawg day

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12. My mom had an old station wagon with a 450 engine

Reply to Walleye (Reply #2)

Mon May 17, 2021, 05:29 AM

May 2021

Could zoom to 90 just like that. Why on earth did they put that kind of power in a family car? It could have beaten a GTO in a drag race... don't ask me how I know.

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