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Old 11-18-2020, 05:02 PM   #21
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Thanks Brent.
If I spend my Covid unemployment pay cheque (fortnightly of course) on a $1000 fan belt and my spirits are raised considerably, and I go around the next corner of Hershey and there is one for $5 dollars...
Well, what do I think then?
You purchase both, and then you have $502.50 in each one.
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Old 11-18-2020, 05:29 PM   #22
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Think what a Ford garage Parts Mgr. would have thought, during the Model A era, about what is being talked about here, today

They would have been smuggling them home in their lunch boxes or down the back of their pants!!
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Old 11-19-2020, 07:42 AM   #24
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Very Funny. Adjusted for inflation, it might be that much...... Thanks for the post.
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Old 11-21-2020, 07:01 AM   #25
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Thanks Brent.
If I spend my Covid unemployment pay cheque (fortnightly of course) on a $1000 fan belt and my spirits are raised considerably, and I go around the next corner of Hershey and there is one for $5 dollars...
Well, what do I think then?

That would be a AAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH #&(@)*%)#($&&!%%%%%a
Moment...but none the less one to jump on. Buy the one for lesser money then give me a call. I'll buy the other...



$1000 is the price...if you are going to play, you hafta pay.
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Old 11-21-2020, 07:03 AM   #26
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Oh that is precious (in the full meaning of the word)...well, you look at itfor a while and then...you buy more parts....
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For reference purposes, the belt I showed in an earlier post here sold for $141.38 on eBay.
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Old 01-05-2021, 07:40 PM   #28
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For reference purposes, the belt I showed in an earlier post here sold for $141.38 on eBay.
You should have set a reserve of $500!

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Old 01-06-2021, 01:30 PM   #29
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Put it on when you get in the judging area and replace it before leaving. G
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