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My HATZ Tractor Is A Mystery

By Hugh Periard

2715 E. Birch Run Road Burt, Michigan 48417

I acquired this Hatz tractor from my cousin, Dick Woodward, who purchased it from someone who knew only that it came from northern Michigan. I have talked with many collectors recently, and no one has ever heard of a complete Hatz tractor.

It is a mystery as to how this tractor came into this country, as you can determine from information in letters from Hatz representatives inquiring about the tractor.

A letter to cousin Dick from Motorenfabrik Hatz, GmbH & Co., KG, 8399 Ruhstorf/Rott (the German manufacturers of the tractor), reads as follows:

"Thank you very much for your letter of June 8, 1978. We were pleased to note that you are the owner of a Hatz Z 90 tractor, built in 1960. Could you, perhaps, let us know at your convenience through which channels this tractor came to Birch Run...

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