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    12. Help From Above

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  3. Engine Tech

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    4. 'Da Nailhead

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    5. The Mixing shop.

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  6. Our "other" cars.

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    2. V-8 Buick Powered Regals

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  7. Those other guys

    Our racing buddies, in all makes.
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  9. How much for that doggy in the window?

    The V8 Buick Classifeds
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      That makes 2 of us... I want one of each. But you might find it here, and it never hurts to ask.
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