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30s Roadster

NPR
Published January 9, 1996 at 11:00 PM CST

NPR's Don Gonyea reports that of the hundreds of new cars and trucks on display at the annual auto show in Detroit, none is attracting more attention than the Plymouth Prowler, a brand-new knock-off of the "hot-rod" that became popular in the fifties.

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