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Does that make it an 8550?
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:lol: :lol:
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gnalan wrote: 11 Jul 2022, 14:06 Does that make it an 8550?

8550 RRRRRRRRRR

Did the lowering happen when it stretched ?
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Look! Dad's just home from a business trip to Holland, and she dresses like that to clean the house......

wait....I'm in the wrong decade.....

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matthew1 wrote: 28 Jun 2022, 13:04 Here's a sweet 145 work wagon I photographed in Ballard in Feb. 2018 when I was there visiting friends.



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What a wonderful color those 140s arrived in. Fits it perfectly.
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BlackBart wrote: 22 Jul 2022, 13:15 Look! Dad's just home from a business trip to Holland, and she dresses like that to clean the house......

wait....I'm in the wrong decade.....


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If memory serves correctly, the heels came on for cooking dinner. Just modest flats for house cleaning :P
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BlackBart wrote: 22 Jul 2022, 13:19
matthew1 wrote: 28 Jun 2022, 13:04 Here's a sweet 145 work wagon I photographed in Ballard in Feb. 2018 when I was there visiting friends.



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What a wonderful color those 140s arrived in. Fits it perfectly.
My buddy in Ballard says he has hired this exact company for some work on a construction job!
Oh crazy. Any intel on the 145, please pass it on.
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Too red. And I bet the third seat isn’t heated
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That turbo is too big. Where's all the low end torque? They could've used a smaller turbo, and had enough money left over to buy enough paint to finish the hood. :|
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