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Old 06-08-2013, 02:30 PM   #6
kashmir
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Originally Posted by paintboy View Post
That song was written by native American Indians during the fourth coming of the white elk. It was stolen and adopted by the White man (duh) in 1846, where it was stored in a jar until 1928, when it was rediscovered by high school aged youths wearing raccoon skin coats. But the song was cursed, and the Great Depression followed the next year. I forget the rest of the story, other than sappy lyrics were shackled to the depressing melody, and that was that.
Yes, but in 1928 they did not use cage bearings, it was a poured Babbitt bearing and the coon skin caps came in with howdy doody time, I think the bottom line is not to buy a car with an over rev
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