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Monster Beetle Ad?

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Post by Rider400 » Sun Aug 22, 2021 11:37 pm

Anyone have a scan or picture of an old MB ad?

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Post by Lowgear » Mon Aug 23, 2021 1:38 am

This was the best I could find for ya.

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Post by R Cane » Mon Aug 23, 2021 2:06 am

From the 1987 MRC product booklet:
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