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Old 12-21-2017, 09:34 AM
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Originally Posted by blackshire
The name of the plastic one--Fin Alignment Guide--if it had been used as an acronym, would have been charmingly un-PC (although British and Australian folks often use that term for kindling sticks and cigarettes, even today). :-) I have an unopened one in a desk drawer next to me; maybe one day it will be collectible, as an "Edsel" product from Estes? :-)

The Edsel was a decently functional car, but overpriced and ugly. The F.A.G. looked decent, but a blindfolded Michael J. Fox could put fins on more accurately than someone using that thing! You're giving the Edsel a bad name!
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