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nassas, and he would be glad to talk business with our hero, and even give him a fantastic allowance on his old car!
The very next day our man drove to Manassas and, sure enough, there were three of those little beauties in a row outside of the showroom, just waiting there for him. The salesman took a walk around the old car our man had just driven up in, consulted his notebook, scribbled some numbers on it, and, with a serious mien, announced that for the paltry sum of $7,950 they would turn over one of those trucks to our hero, provided he would let them have his old car.
Now, any sum over a thousand dollars is a lot of mazuma (as they say in Chicago) to our hero, so he allowed that he would have to go home and sleep on this generous offer, and he departed for Sperryville.
After a good night’s sleep, and permission from his wife, our hero phoned the dealership in Manassas to talk to the salesman, and to make him a counter-offer. However, the
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