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Sweet price !
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Eddystone wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 19:19 Scored 10 gallons of Genuine Volvo coolant today for $80.



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That was off of craigslist wasn't it? I was looking at that ad thinking "Great price but what the heck am I going to do with that?"
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amblerman wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 20:12 "Great price but what the heck am I going to do with that?" :-)
Not as challenging as figuring out what to do with 1/2 of a 1960 544. Great price only $175.00. :lol:

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amblerman wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 20:12
Eddystone wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 19:19 Scored 10 gallons of Genuine Volvo coolant today for $80.



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That was off of craigslist wasn't it? I was looking at that ad thinking "Great price but what the heck am I going to do with that?"
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I figured there was a guy up the road in Ambler,PA who would buy 5 gallons at $16 each and make the other 5 gallons free. ;-)
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amblerman wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 20:12
Eddystone wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 19:19 Scored 10 gallons of Genuine Volvo coolant today for $80.



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That was off of craigslist wasn't it? I was looking at that ad thinking "Great price but what the heck am I going to do with that?"
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Duh. Buy 10 more Volvos, of course.
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RickHaleParker wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 21:44
amblerman wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 20:12 "Great price but what the heck am I going to do with that?" :-)
Not as challenging as figuring out what to do with 1/2 of a 1960 544. Great price only $175.00. :lol:

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I hope this isnt the harbinger of things to come in Summer 2020 - thats just a sad, sad, CL ad.
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RickHaleParker wrote: 09 Apr 2020, 21:44 Not as challenging as figuring out what to do with 1/2 of a 1960 544. Great price only $175.00. :lol:
The "half" is the challenging part. But nice original rear sport seats, bonus! Was the monster decal a factory option or dealer-installed?
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BlackBart wrote: 10 Apr 2020, 10:29 Was the monster decal a factory option or dealer-installed?
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"The front fell off...."

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Had my T5 up on a lift at a friends shop, practicing good social distancing , and discovered I have the factory sway bar in the rear

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