February 2010
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Household items > Computers > Obsolete OS > Human
Authentic 1960s built home runaround, “Veloux”
Item number: 22102312212938
Current bid: £0
Time left: 26 years 4 months 28 days 14 hours 10 minutes 37 seconds
Start time: 09:06 Friday February 26th 2010
Ends: Sometime not very soon
History: Grade B (0 bids)
High bidder: 0 bids
Item location: Princeton, NJ
Ships to: Nice places and cold countries
Seller: JPodIdea
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