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Old 10-29-09 | 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Doohickie
For a 50s Typhoon, maybe.

But not for a 1974 model.
You hit the nail on the head-- even in pristine shape it's too new to be worth anywhere near that.

For that amount of money we're talking a full scale ballooner, and probably a prewar one at that (with a few notable exceptions like Phantoms).
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