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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:01 PM
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Bought the 50th AE last year and it is just great, Today is our 50th wedding anniversary and the wife bought me personnalized plates."KEWL EH " can't wait for them to arrive. Just installed the catch can,painted the hood liner logo,installed mudflaps, painted the calipers (red ),made the battery cover (black)installed the flashing third brake light and waiting for the next mod to pop up.Still winter so not on the road yet.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:10 PM
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:14 PM
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a 50th on your 50th and still doing mods
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:28 PM
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Congratulations on your 50th anniversary. May there be many more to come
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 01:39 PM
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 02:29 PM
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Congratulations! And please fill out your profile. We'd love to get to know you.
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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a 50th on your 50th and still doing mods
Congrats on the big day
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by islandvet
Bought the 50th AE last year and it is just great, Today is our 50th wedding anniversary and the wife bought me personnalized plates."KEWL EH " can't wait for them to arrive. Just installed the catch can,painted the hood liner logo,installed mudflaps, painted the calipers (red ),made the battery cover (black)installed the flashing third brake light and waiting for the next mod to pop up.Still winter so not on the road yet.
installed mudflaps???????????????????????

Do they have Yosemite Sam on them???

Only Kidding.

Great 50
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 04:13 PM
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Congrats!! Enjoy the ride!
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 04:22 PM
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So when are you doing the long tubes, heads and cam ?
If it's still winter there is still time...

Congrats on your double gold (50 & 50)
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 04:26 PM
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Congrats on both 50's
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Old Apr 5, 2007 | 04:35 PM
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Congrats. You done well on both counts.
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Congrats and remember to post some pics

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