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 Post subject: M16 vs. 51
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about a push on mileage -and the same on buzz factor, swingin' 4 .50's over to change lanes or blowing the doors off a St Louis plasticmobile (vette) :D

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that mustang is about 75% plastic now too :)

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And Vettes (Cor, Not Chev) are fiblegrass- uh, fiberglass, anyway... Not plastic...

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Robbie Roberts wrote:
And Vettes (Cor, Not Chev) are fiblegrass- uh, fiberglass, anyway... Not plastic...

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The British term is GRP Glass Reinforced Plastic :wink:

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I was sitting on this when I took the photo 8)
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