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Biophilic

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5. My mom got one of the originals.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Fri Apr 18, 2025, 03:22 PM

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It had a special plaque on the dash board with her name. She grew up with the owner of the local Ford dealership. It was a really fun car to drive. I inherited it quite a few years later. Once my mom found a car she liked it was very difficult to get her to get a new one. Her Dodge Dart was her all time favorite or at least the one she hung onto the longest. We were terrified she’d get in a gentle fender bender and the Dart would disintegrate around her.

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