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Old 01-17-2011, 04:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivanerrol View Post
Some 1970's/early 1980's G.M. cars manufactured in Australia had a vacuum/economy gauge as big as the speedo - marketing tool
Same in the US. My friends 85 Pontiac Parisienne had one. Kind of silly, the needle spent most of its life on "BAD" while the weezey 305 tried to move the car along.

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