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From the Motor City Hoodoo line by Coventry Creations<\/a> of Ferndale, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From the Motor City Hoodoo line by Coventry Creations of Ferndale, Michigan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[],"tags":[55],"class_list":["post-1253","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-hoodoo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6xQTg-kd","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6406,"url":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=6406","url_meta":{"origin":1253,"position":0},"title":"Who Ruined Hoodoo?","author":"Chas S. 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