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Vacheron Constantin: Boy, I take it easy for a few weeks . . .

. . . and look what I missed! Your 20K post mark! Apologies, Emmanuel . . . life's been busier than usual lately, haven't checked in often enough to catch your major milestone. Art
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Horological Meandering: No argument . . .

. . . here! 😁
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TimeOut: I know how you feel, Salman. There's a friend and mentor of mine . . .

. . . who's going thru difficult times presently. Not immediately life-threatening, but the quality of his life may never be the same. He's constantly on my mind. 👨🏼‍🌾
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TimeOut: Never put off surgery or dental work. One of my friends waited years before knee pain got so intense . . .

. . . that he had no choice. He tried different therapies in the final year before going under the knife, but he should've had knee replacement a long time ago. Glad you're on the mend, Michael. Best, Art
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Omega: Black Connie is one . . .

. . . sexy beast! 😍
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Omega: "BoB" - . . .

. . . " B est o f B reed". 🙂
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Omega: Also not wearing either of my Speedmasters . . .

. . . the last few days. Black Connie hails from 1957, same as CK2915-1, though. Art
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Omega: That was another special-order model. Remind me to tell you the story . . .

. . . of The Lady in Brown who owned one when we next meet. 😅
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Omega: The ZR1 350 option was 1970 only. The following year environmental regulations . . .

. . . forced manufacturers to lower compression ratios. There were still a few high-performance engines offered in '71 and '72 but by '73 they were all gone except for Pontiac's 455 HO. The very last high-performance engine was the '74 Pontiac 455 HO . . . unfortunately only a few were made. It woul
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Omega: More info . . .

. . . to correct my foggy memory. There was a limited edition high performance Corvette in 1970, but it was a specially-built small-block 350 ci labeled ZR1 . The ZL1 was offered only in 1969, and only two were reputedly built. Chevrolet sold approximately fifty ZL1 crate motors to the drag racing s
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