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An Old Hobby Revisited: MY MENAGERIE

By T. J. Shipman

R #2, Box 371-13, Buckhannon, West Virginia

A nice old Briggs picked up at a local flea market.

Back in the middle '60s, I hung my hat out in Southern Iowa, in a tiny town called Cincinnati, not to be confused with the one in Ohio. I worked with a manufacturing concern that made farm equipment and other things. I also worked at a machine shop. I told you this so you will understand this: while working at the machine shop, I got to see a lot of old iron of various kinds. I sure liked to hear the pop-pop-pft-pft-pft!- some of the sweetest sounds I ever heard! I had to have one!

I had a bunch of small air cooleds of various kinds. I kept the neighbor kids well supplied with go-karts and scooters. I enlisted the help of several of the young'in's to help find some old iron. Believe me it worked! I was informed that t...

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