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Topic: Best race car name
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 12:58 AM
   
I can't remember if I brought this up before or not... but what is the coolest race car name in your opinion?Mine.... bar none --> Chi-Town Hustler
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Rory McNeil
Gearhead Posts: 1210
From: Surrey, B.C. Canada
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-07-2002 02:07 AM
I`ve always liked the way all the racecars had names, years ago. One local racer had a 55 Chev SW Modified drag car, with a painting of an EXTREMLEY well endowed young lady on the door, with the name "Highly Developed" underneath. It`s been done a fair bit, but "Quarter Horse" is still a good name for a Mustang drag car. Another 65 Mustang was called the "CobraStang". Nowadays, it seems most racers are too "big time serious" to name their cars, but there is a neat 62 Corvette S/Gas car that is a teal blue-green, that is called the "Aqua-Vel VETTE". For you young`uns, back in the 60`s & 70`s, Aqua velva was a very popular aftershave lotion. ------------------
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 858
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 07:18 AM
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n2oMike
Gearhead Posts: 1547
From: Spencer, WV
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 08:02 AM
I saw a purple older model mustang drag car at Norwalk several years ago... It was called the Purple Throbber  ------------------
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Dad Vishus
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Moscow, Iowa, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 09:01 AM
A quad city based Super Gas racer had a Colt with a BB Mopar named Filthy McNasty. I thought that was a cool name.The Garlits Swamp Rat is the classic, but then I'm biased about that. Sometimes the graphics that go with the name are the cool part. One of our Eddyville buddies has a Firebird tube car named Terminator II, Judgement Day. The graphic on the car is the metal skeleton hand from the movie grabbin Lenco shifter levers. Really neat! The car is a 4 second eighth mile car! The Greek's digger is named Chizler. That one is cool too. I wanted KV to name the 69 Horse Play, but he's not into putting much on his car. If I could think of something cool for my Falcon, I'd put it on it. Anybody got any ideas?
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clevelandstyle
Gearhead Posts: 638
From: Connersville, IN
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 09:52 AM
How about "Falcon Awesome" ------------------
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 858
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 10:02 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Dad Vishus:
Sometimes the graphics that go with the name are the cool part.
Jungle Jim was cool. Remember Jungle Pam? one hot tomatoe there. How about the 'Maltese Falcon'? with a picture of the bird as it looked in the movie? maybe not... ------------------
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Buster
Gearhead Posts: 780
From: Orlando
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 10:28 AM
We also had a car at our local track when I was younger.... I still see it from time to time, called "Thumper" and it had a pic of Thumper the rabbit on the side... looked real cool too. Too bad it was a Cheby
btw, MoneyMaker is cool too Alex 
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TomP
Gearhead Posts: 4812
From: Delta BC Canada
Registered: Dec 99
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posted 12-07-2002 01:30 PM
Little Red WagonHurst Hairy Olds Terrifying Toronado Vanishing Point Amorous Agatha  (name of Les Ritchey's Thunderbolt)
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mustang68mustangs
Gearhead Posts: 282
From: pittsburgh,pa.usa
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 01:41 PM
I always liked the "Tin Indian"
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MAV
Gearhead Posts: 144
From: Macon,Georgia, U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 04:22 PM
I have a buddy who`s `65 mustang pro-street
/drag car was Pony Express... it ran 9.40`s with a cleveland. Another guy I know had a Pinto racecar called `Lil Stud .
Another pinto was Quarter horse
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Fastymz
Moderator Posts: 11429
From: Reno Nv USA MEM#1240
Registered: Apr 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 04:31 PM
quote:
Originally posted by BlueMule:
Jungle Jim was cool. Remember Jungle Pam? one hot tomatoe there.How about the 'Maltese Falcon'? with a picture of the bird as it looked in the movie? maybe not...
Both of those are great,Jungle Jim was my favorite when I was a kid. Not to be a Kiss up, but I really like the name "MONEY MAKER" alot.It says it all. Another local guy as "ORIGINAL SIN" on his car.I thought that was kinda cool too. I'd put "perspective" on my car. SCOOP ------------------
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68F100
Gearhead Posts: 2062
From: Fort Madison, Iowa USA - United We Stand
Registered: Oct 99
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posted 12-07-2002 04:38 PM
I like one of KV's buddies cars. It's name is "Vulgar Display of Power" and it lives up to it. Wonder if Rob has any pics of it?
Anyone ever seen a car called "Widowmaker"?
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Just Strokin
Gearhead Posts: 754
From: Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 05:47 PM
I realize it is not a big time drag racing name, but at a local track some years ago, this guy has a Morris Mionr with a SBC and called it Mr Magoo. It was painted a bright organe and even the cartoon Mr Magoo could hae seen it... ------------------
Larry No fast Fords at this time but one fine cruising 96 F350 CC DRW Power Strokin diesel.
And one rusty 64 Fairlane nick-named the Rust Bucket....And sometimes called the Money Pit... The sounds of a brain dropping into gear.....
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Butch Jennings
Gearhead Posts: 582
From: No. California
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-07-2002 07:50 PM
A few years ago I wanted to paint my Comet black and call it "Grim Reaper". ------------------
Butch
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Dad Vishus
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Moscow, Iowa, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-07-2002 07:59 PM
quote:
Originally posted by 68F100:
I like one of KV's buddies cars. It's name is "Vulgar Display of Power" and it lives up to it. Wonder if Rob has any pics of it?
Anyone ever seen a car called "Widowmaker"?
You probably would find a pic or 2 of "Vulgar" on Cordovas web page. It is a brute. A 62 Impala bubble top with a 500 plus inch stack injected BB and a Lenco. Its painted flat black with red and orange flames. There are also a couple of Novas that run at Cordova, one called Looney Toons and the other Dirty Dancer. I liked those names too.
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Earle Holt
Gearhead Posts: 100
From: Camden, Maine
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-07-2002 08:00 PM
Great topic!For my money, it's tough to beat the "Motown Missle." 70's funny cars were great too with Gene Snow's "Snowman," Ed McCollouch's
RREEVVEELLution," Schumacher's "Wonder Wagon," "The Boston Shaker," Lew Arrington's "Brutus," Muldowney's/Kalitta's "Bounty Hunter," etc.
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jsracingbbf
Gearhead Posts: 1677
From: Batesville,MS. , U.S.A.
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-07-2002 08:44 PM
I like "Bad Company" I was going to put "Dark Horse" on mine maybe I dunno. I knew a guy who had a ,65 Stang that ran a 671 blower and no hood. he called it the "Headless Horseman" I never got that since he was supposed to be the horse man and the car was the horse. Anyway, it had some cool graphics on the side of a devil horse with a headless rider, just like in that movie that came out a few years back. It was wicked looking. ------------------
Jerry Smith
69 Mustang Pro ET Drag
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cracing
Journeyman Posts: 55
From: Saltillo Miss. USA
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 12-08-2002 12:37 AM
My 68 Fastback does have Bad Company on the doors, also PALE HORSE from the book of Rev. "And behold there comes a pale horse, and he that sits upon him is death, and Hell follows with him". Pretty good description of a drag racer, I think.------------------
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Dusty Kiser
Gearhead Posts: 126
From: Bethel,Oh USA
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 12-08-2002 01:11 AM
Ramchargers
Hemi Under Glass
Hardtimes
Wrecking Crew
Granny Goose...(you've just been Goosed!)
Tijuana Taxi
Preperation H ( for you youngsters it was an H/Gas Maverick with a 300 six )
Swamp Rat
And last but not least, my personal favorite only because I thought it was a hell of a stupid name until the announcer at Tri-State advised us all to read it backwards............Gnatnoop
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63fairlane
Journeyman Posts: 31
From: Bronson,Mich.,USA
Registered: Feb 2002
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posted 12-08-2002 08:46 PM
We been calling the 63,SHAKE,N,BAKE sence we started on it.Guess it'l stay. ------------------
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John Holloway
Gearhead Posts: 686
From: Romeoville Illinois
Registered: Jul 2000
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posted 12-08-2002 08:58 PM
Reality,Pure Dynomite,Drastic Plastic,ChiTown Hustler.
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johnmustang
Gearhead Posts: 4235
From: Vancouver Island , British Columbia , Canada
Registered: Nov 2001
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posted 12-08-2002 09:06 PM
Pumpin PoniesRoasting Rubber Cussin Cuda JOHN ------------------
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CJR
Journeyman Posts: 39
From: Mt. Olive NC
Registered: May 2002
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posted 12-08-2002 09:08 PM
Along the "Thumper" lines, I saw a cool Gyro-copter with a bunny holding a machine gun called "Thumpernator"
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Butch Jennings
Gearhead Posts: 582
From: No. California
Registered: Apr 2000
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posted 12-08-2002 09:32 PM
Out here there is a car called "The Other Woman"...I always thought that was pretty fitting for a race car.
Although I've never painted a name on my car, my Dad has refered to it as "Vicious" for the last 10 or so years. I guess if I were ever to paint a name on it that would be it.
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1605
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-09-2002 07:54 AM
Years ago, a Crapmaro with candy painted stripes on a white body had "Candy Coated" painted on the side, on the hood scoop was a picture of playmate Candy Loving. This was around 1979 or 1980.Another local had "Asphalt Hooker" on his. Another was "Good Vibrations" Also a 67 Mustang coupe with "Persuader" on it, he was track champion several years, now owns a nightclub called Persuaders.
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SG236
Gearhead Posts: 364
From: Jasper, TN, USA
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-09-2002 11:38 AM
I like my Mustang named "MoodyBlues"
Motown Missile was a classic I always will remember
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Fordwiser
Gearhead Posts: 217
From: Metamora, Illinois
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 12-09-2002 06:59 PM
How about worst names? A buddy of mine bought a Maverick that was an old drag car, it had painted on it Slow Burn he quickly took it off saying those are two words that should never be on a drag car! LOL!
Roger
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stang106
Gearhead Posts: 734
From: God's Country!... Port Alberni B.C. Canada
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-09-2002 07:31 PM
There is a too cool drag boat here, blown BBC and the top of the motor sits about two feet above the drivers head (behind) and its called 'Mother's Worry.'
Dave
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kid vishus
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Registered: Oct 2000
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posted 12-09-2002 07:47 PM
Yep, "Filthy McNasty" was a good one, ('cept it was a Dodge Daytona), and I always liked the "Vulgar Display of Power Car". I always wanted to paint a car pure black, with no chrome at all on it, and if it was fast enough to justify it, call it "Touch of Evil". Or, one that I always thought would go good on a racecar I drove since I seem to have a knack for gettin under people's skin at the racetrack (dont know why  ), "Corruption Inc." (Pa doesnt like the idea of me callin a car that one though)
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two89w
Gearhead Posts: 196
From: sydney australia
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-09-2002 08:25 PM
giddyup or pist-n-broke
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BarrysGrrl
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From: Illinois/Indiana & parts inbetween
Registered: Jan 2002
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posted 12-10-2002 12:01 AM
Super Bug.
This is my favorite. We saw it in Aruba. I laughed so hard when we saw it in the pits. And THEN it ran . . . and it was pretty darn fast. The driver of that car was the best "driver" (staging technique, launch, etc.) we saw there.Porsche engine in a Bug.   ------------------
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Kyle
Gearhead Posts: 240
From: Sumner, WA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-12-2002 09:06 PM
A buddy of mine built a mail jeep for a drag car. On the tailgate where it says "Jeep" he wrote on it with shoe polish so it now reads "Cheep". It runs 12.2s.
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Dad Vishus
Gearhead Posts: 540
From: Moscow, Iowa, USA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 12-12-2002 10:04 PM
quote:
Originally posted by kid vishus:
Yep, "Filthy McNasty" was a good one, ('cept it was a Dodge Daytona), and I always liked the "Vulgar Display of Power Car". I always wanted to paint a car pure black, with no chrome at all on it, and if it was fast enough to justify it, call it "Touch of Evil". Or, one that I always thought would go good on a racecar I drove since I seem to have a knack for gettin under people's skin at the racetrack (dont know why ), "Corruption Inc." (Pa doesnt like the idea of me callin a car that one though)
I'm not just exactly sure what I think of that idea. (always)Have to cogitate that one a while. I really like the song Desperado by the Eagles. I might think about that but it would go better with KVs 69. Desperado on a Mustang........old West.........get it? Sheesh! ------------------
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mach72
Gearhead Posts: 122
From: Bixby, Ok. USA
Registered: Jun 99
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posted 12-13-2002 01:34 AM
One of my favorite race car names is a local TAFC "Thunderin' Okie". I guess you'd have to be from Oklahoma to like it though. Tom
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69_sportsroof
Gearhead Posts: 176
From: Camino Calif (yeah, it does snow here)
Registered: Aug 2000
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posted 12-13-2002 01:53 AM
WARHORSE...it's out front in the driveway------------------
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smblk t-bolt
Journeyman Posts: 67
From: port alberni BC Canada
Registered: Apr 2002
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posted 12-13-2002 03:20 AM
not a famous one but got my attention at SIR one year... saw a datsun 510 painted yellow with some black stripes around the back calling itself the "angry bee".it had a built 4 cyl. in it with a weird lope but once he got on the throttle it really did sound like an "angry bee" buzzing.
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BlueMule
Gearhead Posts: 858
From: Kent Island, MD USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 12-13-2002 07:28 AM
There was an old Chebelle 4 door wagon at Capitol Raceway back in the early '70s called "Dad's Night Out". Used to launch like a beast but no top end. ------------------
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bluestreek
Gearhead Posts: 1289
From: Athens,GA
Registered: Jul 2001
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posted 12-13-2002 09:32 AM
Here's some car names that come to mind: "Blew by You" , "Daddy's Dollar" , "Shake Rattle 'n Roll", "Nocturnal Emissions" , "Eight is Enough" , "Snake Charmer" , and "Pacemaker". ------------------
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rockafellz
Gearhead Posts: 1291
From: San Lorenzo, CA, USA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 12-13-2002 10:17 AM
quote:
Originally posted by smblk t-bolt:
not a famous one but got my attention at SIR one year... saw a datsun 510 painted yellow with some black stripes around the back calling itself the "angry bee".it had a built 4 cyl. in it with a weird lope but once he got on the throttle it really did sound like an "angry bee" buzzing.
Yeah, some of the old school imports can be built well if the builder knows what he's doing. I try to watch the autocross races every now and then and there are some hardcore 510s and TRDs out there that run some pretty good times. I saw an old Toyota Starlet with a 4AG (MR2) motor one time that beat everyone's time. And it indeed sounded like an angry bee. Erik ------------------
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Rustang
Gearhead Posts: 471
From: Clarion PA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 12-17-2002 07:14 AM
How about a '69 Galaxie named Drunk-N-Disorderly?
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ccode67
Gearhead Posts: 1605
From: douglasville,ga,usa
Registered: Mar 2001
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posted 12-17-2002 07:51 AM
How about a beat up chubby pickup, had shoe polish letters on the tailgate.
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Moneymaker
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posted 12-17-2002 05:00 PM
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