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A couple of months ago my wife and I were visiting our oldest son about 250 miles to the west of us in a rural part of Nebraska when I spotted a Gleaner combine resting along a gravel road. Today I was able to meet with the rancher and ended up bringing the engine power unit home with me. It had been sitting out in the weather in that spot for the last 60 years or so. Apparently it was running when parked. When I got it home and unloaded I put a crank into it and found it wasn't stuck at all. The date code on the head shows a January 6, 1939 build date.