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Monthly Meeting Monthly Meeting -- Friday Friday -- November 9th November 9th -- 7:30 PM7:30 PM Merriam Park Elementary School Merriam Park Elementary School Merriam Park Elementary School --- LibraryLibraryLibrary

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Check the Calendar on Page 1 for Complete Listing of Upcoming Events

November 9 - CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting - Merriam, KS

− November 17 — Heart Land Toy Show - Salina, KS

− November 22 -Thanksgiving

− December 2 - Hanukkah begins

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December 9 - CHVA Sunflower Region Holiday Dinner and meeting - Topeka, KS

January 11 - CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting - Topeka, KS

January ?? - CHVA Sunflower Region Annual Planning meeting—Location TBD

February 8 - CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting - Merriam, KS

March 8 - CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting - Topeka, KS

April 12 - CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting - Merriam, KS

This Month’s FeaturesThis Month’s Features

“Car Buzz” by Bob Vukas

“75 Years ago Along the Action Era

Highways” by Kelly Flory

“A note from Ellyn Owen” On page 4

“2018 CHVA National Tour”

Article and photos by Malcolm McIntyre

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Marvin and Cheryl Taylor’s 1930 Ford Model A CoupeMarvin and Cheryl Taylor’s 1930 Ford Model A CoupeMarvin and Cheryl Taylor’s 1930 Ford Model A Coupe They hosted the Ft Leavenworth Drive ‘n Eat Tour on October 20thThey hosted the Ft Leavenworth Drive ‘n Eat Tour on October 20thThey hosted the Ft Leavenworth Drive ‘n Eat Tour on October 20th

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Director’s Message by Malcolm McIntyre

Looking out at my yard now, I know why they call it Fall. Hard to believe another driving season is coming to an end. I'm hoping for good weather for the trip to Jefferson City and that there are still enough good colors in the trees to make for a scenic drive. We did have good weather and turn out for the Leav-enworth trip. Thanks to Marvin and Cheryl for organizing the event and their friend Jessie McIntyre (no relation) for the on base tour. I received a note from our national President, Kevin, that as dis-cussed at the meeting during the national tour the dues for mem-bership will be going up some this year. They have held their dues steady for quite some time, but increased printing and postage costs have forced their hand. The national portion of the dues for next year will be $36 with the local chapter dues remaining the same at $15. Our next event will be the holiday dinner Dec. 9th 2:00PM at the Perkins in Topeka. The next meeting is back at the Merriam Elementary school Nov. 9th conveniently located near the Russell Stovers and before you know it, we'll be planning the next year's tours.

Happy Motoring! – Malcolm

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Information: must be received by the 25th of the month to be put in the next month's newsletter. Newsletters are mailed one week prior to each month's meeting. We are always looking for material for the newsletter, articles, jokes, club gossip, for sales and feature stories. Material will be returned if requested. Dues: Dues are payable yearly and come due on January 1st of each year. National dues are $25.00 and Regional dues are $15.00. National membership is a prerequisite to being a regional member. Meetings: Meetings are held once a month on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 PM. Meeting locations alternate each month between Kansas City and Topeka. See the calendar section of the newsletter for the location of each month's meeting. For Sale Ads: Members may place free For Sale ads in the newsletter. We will run an ad for several months unless notified otherwise. Please send the ad information the way you want it to read in the newsletter. The ad will appear in the printed version only. Hospitalization or Death of members or members families: If you hear of a club member or member's family who has been hospitalized or passed away please notify the contact listed below in your area: Topeka —–open—– Lawrence —–open—– Kansas City Steve Hartwich 816-661-9582

Evenings please

CHVA National Website: http://www.chvanational.org

Check out this website for a very good selec-tion of Etowah-Bartow Region photos and events: http://www.chvaga.com/

Founding members of the Sunflower Region, CHVA. February 25, 1979. Steve Jewett, Rod Waggoner, Bruce Baker, Danny Downs, Ray Taylor, Edna Willits/Jewett, Licia Willits, John Kitos, Steve Hartwich

Editor's Stuff

Rich Gibbs– Editor Calendar page editor—Kelly Flory New articles are always needed for “The Starterator”

Region Officers

Director Assistant Director

Malcolm McIntyre Tom Plemons

6915 N Cosby Ave 713 SE Baldwin Rd

Kansas City, MO 64151 Topeka, KS 6607

(816) 509-3016 (785) 213-2445

Secretary Treasurer Sue Anderson Don Beck

20240 W 113th Terr. PO Box 8787 Olathe, KS 66061 Topeka, KS 66608

(913) 219-7943 (785) 640-1808

Back-up Secretary Board Member Kathy Griffith Bob Vukas

601 Dakota 3806 SW Mission Av

Holton, KS 66436-1257 Topeka, KS 66610

(785) 215-1135 (785) 267-1367

“The Starterator” Editors Historian

Rich Gibbs Johnnie Williams

1150 NW Sunset Ln 2916 SE Aries

Topeka, KS 66618-1148 Topeka, KS 66605

(785) 230-6794 (785) 267-3436

Calendar Page Design/Editor CHVA National Office Manager

Kelly Flory CHVA, Inc

24401 W 86th Terr PO Box 341

Lenexa, KS 66227 Newark, CA 94560-0341

(913) 441-7916

Sunflower Region C O N T E M P O R A R Y H I S T O R I C A L V E H I C L E A S S O C I A T I O N

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*Oldsmobile’s famous Vista-Cruiser Station Wagon, first hit the market in 1964 with the then new GM mid-sized lines. The 1968 Vista-Cruiser came with the new Oldsmobile 350 CID V8 engine, rode on a 5” longer wheelbase, and was 5” longer overall than Cutlass wagons. Prices were $3,367 for a 2-seat wagon, and $3,508 for the 3-seat model, and were the highest in the F85/Cutlass lineup, into Delta 88 territory. But, both Oldsmobile and Buick had stopped selling full-size wagons after 1964, so the Vista-Cruiser and its twin, the 1964-1969 Buick Sport Wagon, were sized and priced to fill that void.

• November 9 — CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting — Merriam, KS — Friday, 7:30pm, Merriam Park Elementary School, 6100 Mastin. Meeting is in the library.

• November 17 — Heart Land Toy Show - Salina, KS - 9 AM to 3 PM See info below Director’s Message in this issue.

− November 22 — Happy Thanksgiving! − December 2 — Hanukkah begins

• December 9—CHVA Sunflower Region Holiday Dinner — Topeka, KS — Sunday 2:00pm to 4:00pm at Per-kins Restaurant, 1720 SW Wanamaker Rd. From the west, north and east located about 2 miles south of I-70 on Wanamaker, across the street from West Ridge Mall. Or from the east and south on I-70 to I-470, take 21st Street Exit, and left (west) to Wanamaker Road, then turn right (north) about 1/2 mile. More information and better directions will be in the December Starterator.

− December 25 — Merry Christmas!

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019HAPPY NEW YEAR 2019

• January 11 — CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting — Topeka, KS — Friday, 7:30pm, Women’s Cen-ter, 5221 West Drive, just off of Fairlawn, west side between 8th and 9th Streets.

• January ?? — CHVA Sunflower Region Annual Planning meeting — Details to come.

• February 8 — CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting — Merriam, KS — Friday, 7:30pm, Merriam Park Elementary School, 6100 Mastin. Meeting is in the cafeteria.

− February 22-24 — 59th Annual World of Wheels — Kansas City, MO — Friday through Sunday, Bartle Hall, 301 W. 13th Street. For more information visit: www.worldofwheels.com, or view the show flyer.

• March 8 — CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting — Topeka, KS — Friday, 7:30pm, Women’s Center, 5221 West Drive, just off of Fairlawn, west side between 8th and 9th Streets.

• April 12— CHVA Sunflower Region Monthly Meeting — Merriam, KS — Friday, 7:30pm, Merriam Park Ele-mentary School, 6100 Mastin. Meeting is in the library.

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Carter Carburetor ad from the October 1942 issue of MoToR magazine. As appropri-

ate in 1918 when it was adopted as it is 100 years later. Not being political, just pat-

riotic. Carter Carburetor had a similar patriotic ads every October in this magazine.


Car BuzzCar Buzz--1515thth Anniversary EditionAnniversary Edition

Maps used to be free in service stations. Post cards used to be for sale in sta-tions, stores of all kinds, especially travel restaurants. A friend of mine, along with her husband, drove their son from Minnesota to Vermont and could not find a post card. What will the next ten years bring? Who knows?

One Step Coatings

Hydro Silex is said to coat all the exterior parts of your car for year long protec-tion and is easy to apply and remove, like Pledge for your furniture. The shine is said to be unbelievable. Top Coat is a similar product. When questioned, Meguiars said to watch out for the releases from SEMA. I’d like to be there among the 70,000 people but you need to be a vendor, a seller, or a member of the Press. 3000 new products are said to be released.

Are we there yet?

I drove the ’57 home and the right front wheel began to smoke at 29th and Gage. Never a dull moment lead to a tow job back to Yinglings. The brake system, all

four wheels was checked thoroughly. The brake fluid had leaked on to the front wheel bearings turning the grease into mush. The bear-ings were repacked with the new plan of once a year inspections.

The gas tank was filled with 61 year old corrosion so the tank was replaced. The hose from the tank to the sending unit was replaced too. I now have a rebuilt gas gauge so that it will read properly. The sending unit was inspected.

All Season Top Two Tires

Consumer Reports rates the Continental Arcticmax 482 and the Michelin De-fender it’s top two tires and although comparable in performance, The Continen-tal costs $40 less per tire.

Tires are no longer rated by a penny but by a quarter. Using a quarter shows you if any part of Washington’s head is showing, the tread has less than the proper amount of safe tread, 4/32” of an inch, and it is time to buy new tires. Wear, damage from the atmosphere and miles driven are all factors. It is now possible to get 10 years out of a set of tires. Price can be a negotiable so watch for sales and don’t be afraid to make a lower offer.

..........Car Buzz.......... by Bob Vukas

CHVA Sunflower meeting at Women’s Club of Topeka.

Meeting was called to order by Director Malcolm McIntyre, at 7:30.

Approval of meeting minutes from August 2018, motioned by Steve Hartwich and seconded by Steve Lutz, and passed. Approval of treasurer’s report from Don Beck. Motion to approved by Rich Gibbs and seconded by Ralph O’Dell and passed.

Discussion of the October 20thtour, for the trip to Leavenworth Base was cov-ered. Tour the museum, driving tour and lunch at the commissary. The driving tour map was shown, and you can either walk to spots or listen to highlights on the radio. There are over 20 some places to see and tour on the base. The City also has a driving tour. Discussion occurred regarding about getting the base passes, and we will get them on the day of the tour. Timeframe to meet at the gate was discussed, and it was decided to meet at 9:30 a.m. We will leave the museum at 11:45 to go to lunch on the base. We can also tour the area for scenic “fall foliage”. Marvin and Cheryl Taylor will be bringing a guest, who is and instructor at the base.

The November tour is to Jefferson City is on the 3rd. We will head out on high-way 50, and we will stop at Burger’s meats in California, Missouri. They have a small history museum, and they are only open on Saturdays during the fall. This will also be a nice break for a comfort stop. Bring a cooler if you want to buy a ham or other meat options. We will have a pizza lunch at Aries then a state capital tour. A stop at Central Dairy for ice cream prior to heading back home. There was a show of hands of those wanting to attend. The trip will begin by meeting at QuikTrip at Roe and I-435, at the northwest side of the intersection. We will leave at 8:30 from the quick trip. Topeka group will meet at Plemons’ or the Flory’s house to leave at 7:15.

Next meeting is on November 9th at the Merriam School.

Holiday dinner is Sunday December 9th, at Perkin’s off of Wannamaker, from 2 to 4 pm. We will have the back room. The only discussion was the table layout. The horse layout was preferred. We will be ordering off the menu.

The ACCA car show was in the pavilion at Lawrence. There were about 35 cars at the event. It was a very rainy events last weekend. There were 2 cars from CHVA attending. There were 5 feature cars at the show.

January planning meeting will be coming soon, so start thinking of tour ideas for 2019.

There is a run tomorrow from lake Perry, cars leave the grocery store on highway 24 at 10:00 am.

Rich had to renew his driver’s license and it has a “real id”. Starting October 2020. A “real id” it will be required for flying. Renewal/Updating of Social Securi-ty card may also need to be updated also to obtain a “real id”.

Rich is looking for a small article about the national tour. The current Starterator has pictures from the national tour. Note the pictures of the car museum, it was a side trip on the way back, and it is worth the stop. The concept car was a feature, and it cost at over $2.3 million. The museum curator had a story about he GT being rented out, and the first person put it in the river, and after repair the second guy also about did the same thing. They don’t rent it out any more.

Rich told a story about attending Mount Vernon and George Washington’s home. Other details of his BDE tour were covered. They also toured the Air and Space Museum in Virginia. Marine Corp heritage museum was also a place that was visited, and they also had a number of airplanes. Also commented about touring the Arlington Cemetery. There were over 28 funerals the day he attended.

Don Beck told a story about a micro chipped labrador of his brother’s, who lives near a rest area that his dogs go to. After getting to the rest area one often ends up in other locations. Once his dog found in Denver, and a second time in New Mexico. Last week his dog was in Idaho. This involves numerous travels to long distance trips to retrieve the dog.

Show and tell was brought by Don Griffith bringing some model cars. Kelly Flory brought a photo book the was put together by the Reichert’s of old gas stations from the area, and new die-cast car.

There is a club canopy that Jonnie William’s has. and he wants to know who wants to store it. It opens to about 10X10’, and it was used for club car shows in the past. It was open to anyone in the club who wanted it. Motion was made by Tom Plemons to give to give to Steve and Ba. Motion passed.

Sue Anderson was unable to attend the meeting due to some health issues. Please keep her in your prayers.

Food was from Rich Gibbs, and Zo and Don Torrey.

The meeting was adjourned motioned by Steve Hartwich and seconded by Steve Lutz and approved. Meeting closed at 8:43 pm.

Submitted by substitute Secretary, Sherri McIntyre

A note from Ellyn Owen, the late Dave Owen’ widow sent to Don Beck. Dave and Ellyn were former CHVA members.

“Dear Mr Beck, Oct 18, 2018

David Owen was my husband and a member of CHVA. He died in 2012 and I am now attempting to clean out his collection of things and I plan to move into Lawrence. Right now I live between Lawrence and Baldwin City off Hiway 59. My phone number is (785) 842-1643. I will give more specific directions when folks call to set up a time.

I have boxes of old car magazines, CHVA National and “Starterator” magazines, Smoke Signals (Pontiac Club magazine), etc. I also have many old headlights, tail lights, rear view mirror, etc. I have radio antennas, and var-ious car parts. I just hate to scrap or recycle items that someone would like. They are free for the taking.

The Club was a fun part of Dave’s life so I think he would be pleased if someone found items to re-use.

Best, Ellyn Owen”

We had a good turnout for the trip to Utah this year. Our group of intrepid travelers consisted of: Rich Gibbs, Tom & Diane Plemons, Don Weekley, Ralph O’Dell, Steve & Ba Lutz, John & Mary Jean Flory and Malcolm & Sherri McIn-tyre. We left Topeka Saturday morning and our first stop was the Stauth Memorial Museum in Montezuma, KS. This museum contains the history and artifacts of the Stauths as they travelled the world, typically one major trip a year. Our first minor car issue was discovered after dinner when Rich’s 1990 Cadillac had a small leak in the radiator. A quick trip to the auto parts store for some stop leak and fortunately he was good for the remainder of the trip. Day 2 we left Garden City and headed to Pueblo. This was one of our shorter driving days, but it gave us a chance to tour the Pueblo Air Museum. This was a great museum and we even got to see a Sikorsky Sky Crane out flying. Day 3 and we were headed west on US 50 with a desti-nation of Green River, UT. We found a local restaurant, the Tamarisk, and had a great dinner. On Day 4 we diverted from the rest of the group and ra-

ther than taking I-70 and I-15 to Cedar City, we ventured out on Hwy 24 to Capital Reef National Park. We stopped to see the petroglyphs and thoroughly enjoyed the scenery. We found a great café for lunch in Koosharem complete with homemade ice cream. We arrived in Cedar City later than the rest of the group but in plenty of time to get unpacked and ready for opening banquet at the Sizzler restaurant right next to the host hotel. Our hotel was the Best Western which accommodated our group with great breakfasts, nice

parking and an out-door area where we could socialize. Day 5 was the first official day of the National Tour and we started right off at 0730 with a driver’s meet ing befo re heading off to the north rim of the Grand Canyon. Our trip became more leisurely when group realized that Arizona


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does not observe Day-light Savings Time, so we were running an hour ahead of sched-ule. After a viewing of the canyon we had a great lunch that was arranged for us in the lodge. Our Sunflower region group made a stop at the north rim on the way-out last year but this trip afforded us the extra time to take the 17 mile vista drive out to Point Imperial and Cape Royal. The views were spectacu-lar and you could see the Colorado River. We saw a rain shower in the middle of the canyon that made for great photos, and then encountered a brief but heavy snow on the way out. On the way back to Cedar City the food stop was the Thunderbird Restau-rant with “Ho-made” pies. The truncated name fit on their small-er cheaper sign back in the day. Day 6 started out a little later after a long first day and we headed south to St. George and toured the Dinosaur Muse-um. This was an interesting facility where the building was literally constructed on top of discovered dinosaur footprints. Our evening event was at the Tuacahn theater where we were served a great BBQ dinner from Chef Hogs before tak-ing a backstage tour of the facility. Obviously, we were at a theater to see a show, and we treated to great presentation of Cinderella complete with live orchestra. Day 7 saw the group heading north to Beaver, UT for a stop

at Parawan Gap and our second viewing of petroglyphs. Its amazing that theses are still visible after hundreds of years. We stopped in Beaver at Mel’s Drive-In for great lunch and old fashion shakes and drinks. The next stop was a private car collection of the Bradshaw family. They had a collection of Chevys and were amazing hosts. Because you can nev-er have enough ice cream our last stop of the day was Cache Valley Cheese Co where they had not only ice cream but ex-cellent cheese curds. Day 8 was an earlier morning with a 0745 driver’s meeting prior to heading to Zion National Park. The group was fortu-nate to find parking at the Nature Center inside the park and then took the shuttle up into the park. We took one of the hikes out to Weeping Rock and both the weather and scenery were beautiful. After the group had a chance to explore the park on their own, we re-grouped in the park-ing lot for photos with our cars before driv-ing through the park and onto the Ponder-osa Resort for a Dutch Oven lunch complete with a 4 piece band perform-ing. Day 9 and the group was off to Bryce Canyon stop-ping in Red Canyon for car photos prior to parking at Ruby’s Inn. Ruby’s was the start of the park shuttle service, large shopping, souvenir shop and the site of lunch later in the day.


We got our shuttle tick-ets and headed off to Bryce Point to take in the view and then road up to the Inspiration Point stop. We hiked up the hill to the point and the view was in-credible. From there we started hiking rather than going back to the shuttle. We walked the rim to Sunset Point and then onto Sunrise Point before heading down to the general store and catching the shuttle back to Ruby’s. Ru-by’s had a huge buffet lunch so after getting filled up we drove the road out to Rainbow point stopping and do-ing some small hikes on the way. One stop there were ravens who were so used to people that we could pose with them. On the way back, we deviated from the group and headed down to Cedar Breaks National Park as it was listed as an optional part of the tour. This took us up to over 10,000 ft. in elevation and the views were colorful with the birches starting to turn yellow. Day 10 started without the car because our tour of the Homestead Museum was just ½ mile from the hotel and the weather was nice, so we walked. The museum documents the history of the settlement of Cedar City with many interest-ing artifacts. The afternoon was the club board meeting with a break before the closing banquet. The evening banquet was held at an outdoor barn venue just outside of town with special guests the Bradshaws coming down to join us. After the dinner it was announced that the 2019 tour will be held in Wyoming. Day 11 and the official tour was over, so our after tour (getting home) started by the group heading up I-15 and across I-70 stop-ping in Green Riv-

er for lunch, fuel and melons. Melons? Well Green River is noted for melons and there was a large stand selling items like watermelon, cantaloupe and canary melons. We took home one of each and they were all excellent. Our evening destination was Grand Junction, CO and just to the west is the Colorado National Monument. We detoured off the high-way and climbed up into some amazing scenery before de-scending back into town. Day 12 we headed out for a detour to Gateway, CO and the Gateway Auto Museum, home of the collection of Discov-ery Channel founder John Hendricks (no relation to the Hen-drick of NASCAR). The museum layout was incredible as were the cars. The center piece of the collection was the $3.24 million dollar Oldsmobile F-88 concept in its own room. We headed back up Hwy 141 through foliage that was just starting to change colors and back to Hwy 50 and then onto Canon City for the night. Unlike the trip out the weather coming back was clear and sunny as we went over Monarch Pass stopping at the Continental Divide at 11312 ft. Day 13 we headed to Great Bend with a stop in Scott City for lunch. We stopped to spend the night there, however Ralph continued back onto Topeka. The following morning, we were on the road by 0800 and headed up Hwy 156 to I-70 with stops at the Russell Stover’s outlet near Abilene and Grandma Horner’s. We said goodbye to the Topeka group and arrived back in Kansas City at 1:00. The trip was great, and we covered 3700 miles. We spent a good part of the remaining day cleaning up the car, changing its oil and put-ting it away ready for its next adventure.



75 years ago Along the Action Era Highways

OLDSMOBILE

During 1943, Oldsmobile was doing its part not only keeping its dealer network in business, but also for the war effort. By

1943, Oldsmobile had three ac-tive plants.

The home plant was in Lansing, Michigan where Oldsmobile took on the task of building a

variety of cannons from the M2 20mm, up to the M1A2, a 76mm

cannon. Also built at Lansing were Cannon feeders and mag-azines for the 37mm cannons, and T22 and T38 rockets. The Lansing Forge plant also built shells for the larger cannons.

The Chevrolet and Fisher Body plants in Janesville, WI were

used by Oldsmobile to turn out additional shells up to three

inches in size. And finally, the Kansas City, MO, Leeds plant, a Fisher Body facility at the time, built 75mm to 105mm cannon

shells.

It was clear that Oldsmobile re-quired the other facilities to fulfill

it’s orders for cannon shells. From the summer of 1942

through the summer of 1945, nearly 3,000,000 shells were

built.

This ad is from the October 1942

issue of “Motor Magazine”, a monthly

Hearst publication for automotive

dealerships, service centers, market-

ers, distributorships, etc. Submitted

by Kelly Flory.

Info above is from the website: http:usautoindustryworldwartwo.com

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75 years ago Along the Action Era Highways

Studebaker

The ad to the left is a little hard to read, so I’ve tried to make it

bigger,and write less!

Studebaker was tasked with building Wright “Cyclone” en-

gines for the B-17 “Flying Fortress”.

On the south side of South Bend, IN, in a government owned plant, production of

these Wright R-1820 engines were com-

pleted by Studebaker.

In Studebaker’s main South Bend plant,

trucks, truck engines, and the M29 Weasel.

Studebaker also ran a plant in Fort Wayne at this time, which dur-ing the war was gov-ernment owned, and it produce parts for

another government owned facility in Chi-cago at Archer and

Cicero Avenues. Us-ing Fort Wayne’s

components, the Stu-debaker run Chicago

plant built compo-nents for the South Bend plant that was producing the Wright

Cyclone engines.

It’s in small print be-low the picture, but Studebaker sold re-prints of the Flying Fortress picture.

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