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  • #1

    Never think a used engine is useless

    These engines have 10s of MILLIONS of miles on them.. The 16 of them some 30 years old will fly again...

    https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/f...e005_full.jpeg

    The shuttle may be in museums but their real engines are going for one more flight.
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    Wow - That's pretty amazing!
    Regards - Randy
    Randy's Rod Shop
    1933 Ford Tudor "Bugsy"

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      That place is spotless, very cool
      3 ~ Tudor's
      Henry Ford said
      "It's all nuts and bolts"

      Mitch's Auto Service ctr

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