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Old 02-01-2022, 04:03 PM   #95
Terri Kennedy
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The last time I bought a used engine (1970's) I went to one of the local junkyards. They had 2 prices - one for picking it up at the office, and another much lower price if they just told you where in the junkyard the donor car was and you had to go pull it yourself. Picking a "good" one involved looking the car over to make sure it was junked for some obvious other reason and hadn't been in the yard long enough to have a tree growing through the bumper.
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