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Old 01-15-2006, 07:22 PM
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Re: XP3 Brake flap and factory build schedule

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Originally Posted by Noddy
Everybody cancelled their bids...
Everyone's bids were cancelled by the seller. It looks like he failed to close the auction though and a bid came in at the last minute for that low price - probably through a sniping program.

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Originally Posted by BMW.WilliamsF1Team
Wow, if that sale is real and goes through, what a deal. Did anyone else notice in the text: ??? That's new to me. I've heard of a 29R, but not something as quoted above.
I had heard a portion of that, but not the part about the spare chassis being involved. The thing I question about that is #27R's shakedown runs would have been in 1997 and the poster included with DA implies that the spare chassis was built at the end of 1998.

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