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13 images	The 260 had been in an accident at some point prior to being parked for 12 years. (This may in fact be the reason it was parked) The body shop used brazing to try to repair most of the damage, and that's probably because they couldn't weld worth a damn either! The frame weld had broken and you could twist the whole frame with your bare hand. Yikes!
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