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66andBlue

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1884 de Dion Bouton - The world’s oldest known running automobile
« on: October 11, 2011, 01:23:31 »
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Alfred
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mdsalemi

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Re: 1884 de Dion Bouton - The world’s oldest known running automobile
« Reply #1 on: October 13, 2011, 12:05:25 »
Good thing it runs, my local de Dion Bouton dealer only has parts going back to 1895... ;)  Further, the mechanic is getting REALLY old.
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Michael Salemi
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Re: 1884 de Dion Bouton - The world’s oldest known running automobile
« Reply #2 on: October 13, 2011, 16:10:41 »
I wonder how much it weighs it's got to be a ton or three  :-\

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280SE Guy
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