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redpoint5 · 01-16-2020, 04:59 PM

I've never understood why car bodies aren't all plastic. Even crazier to me is that most car front fenders are replaceable as a single cheap unit, but the rear quarter is not.

01-16-2020, 04:59 PM	#376 (permalink)
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