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Plastic? It really ain’t fantastic!

There were still a few small jobs left over from my initial assessment to be done on the Volvo 340. I had already sorted the exhaust, the wipers, the headlights and a handful of other issues; now my attention turned to the interior. One of the problems to address here was that the mileometer had been working when I started using the car, but had since stopped turning. The speedo was still fine so this was not a major concern, but it would be nice to keep a record of how many miles

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