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Miller owns a beautiful, cherry red and white 1966 Mercury pickup truck that he restored 30 years ago in North Vancouver, which included getting a new muffler and tail pipe put on it in 1994.
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Miller含羞草研究社檚 1966 Mercury pickup hasn含羞草研究社檛 exactly been sitting idle for 30 years but he does baby it.
含羞草研究社淚含羞草研究社檝e only put 30,000 miles on the truck since 1994,含羞草研究社� he said.
So, he含羞草研究社檚 a little surprised that the muffler rusted enough to get a hole in it.
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