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Wrath & FURY

While attending a swap meet in the early 2000s, Larry Swedal found and purchased from a local vendor what he recognized as the front seat frame for a rare 1960 Plymouth Fury. Larry then asked the vendor where the rest of the car was. The vendor said that the car was in a junk pile in southeastern Minnesota and was going to be used as landfill. After getting more details, Larry went looking for the place described to him by the vendor.

Larry arrived at the landfill site

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