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MODELING WONDERS

By Richard E. Shelly

2835 Camp Rd. Manheim, Pennsylvania 17545.

Back in 1970 the family decided to go on a couple days of vacation to the seashore. We also decided to go see a gas engine show enroute. We picked Eastern Shore, Maryland as the show that we would go to on the way. Having bought our first two gas engines not long before, we were still seeing lots of different makes and sizes, all new to us. This Saturday, over 20 years ago, was a day that sort of changed our lives. At this show we saw one of Breisch's Olds gas engine models running. We spent quite a few hours in the model area of the show that day. Later we got a set of those castings and it took me almost two years to build it. I had no machinery at home. Working in a machine shop for 21 years before, I started to work on it at lunch time and after work. This took almost two years. We finally got it finished and r...

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