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MetroMPG · 05-02-2018, 09:29 PM

First engine start of the year happened this week -- and it fired right up!

(I needed to move the car .... and couldn't just push it where it needed to go. I tried!)

I'm not planning to put the car on the road any time soon. Will do the water pump in June or July.

05-02-2018, 09:29 PM	#125 (permalink)
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