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Old 02-21-2019, 04:10 AM   #23
Synchro909
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Default Re: Not Model A need identification

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Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg View Post
Yep, my grandfather also had some nice cars and steam traction engines I wish he would have saved and willed to me. My uncle told me how they drove the steam engine out to the pasture in 1952, then put dynamite in the boiler and blew it to pieces to haul it in for scrap iron. By 1952 you'd think they could have seen it's value as a historic piece of equipment. One was a Reeves, and the other a Minneapolis.


One car was a Willys Knight with the sleeve valves.
Well might we bemoan the actions of others in years gone by. They certainly destroyed a lot of stuff we would value. What are we destroying that our children and grandchildren would love for us to will to them? (Hot rodders please take note!)
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