AMAZING - ENTIRE RUN OF 1962 DE SOTOS FOUND!

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AMAZING - ENTIRE RUN OF 1962 DE SOTOS FOUND!

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Many (most) of you pups would not recall them, but De Soto was one of Chrysler's brands.
The company axed the brand at the end of 1961, but -
They've not been discovered until now - Hemmings broke the news!
http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2016 ... warehouse/
This is exciting!
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april fool's, tom.
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Nooooooooooooooooooooo ! :o
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As a French speaker, I can confirm that Poisson d'Avril means April fool.
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Jonymoto wrote:As a French speaker, I can confirm that Poisson d'Avril means April fool.
Hey, I thought it meant "someone from the Department of Avril." I'm just an ignorant Yank, though...
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so I wonder what the name of the "junior office clerk, Failor Olp" means.

Also, the name of the ship looks like something suspicions as well.
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Petros wrote:so I wonder what the name of the "junior office clerk, Failor Olp" means.

Also, the name of the ship looks like something suspicions as well.
Just a mix of letters to sound like something. If you take the letters and rearrange them, you can spell April Fool.
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