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A Brief Word

By C. H. Wendel

While this copy will be in your hands during December of 1996, this is actually the first issue of 1997, and begins the 32nd year of the Gas Engine Magazine. It seems impossible that some thirty-five years ago or more, we were urging the late Elmer Ritzman to come out with a magazine for the gas engine and tractor folks, as compared to the ever-popular steam hobby. Elmer finally took the plunge, and here we are, continuing his legacy.

Before Elmer finally went ahead with GEM, ye olde Reflector gave serious thought to starting a magazine devoted to the gas engine and tractor hobby. How well we recall the counsel from some of our friends, mostly to the effect that, "it sounds pretty risky to me... how much can you write about engines and tractors?...this hobby could just be a flash in a pan, and it'll dwindle out after a few years."...

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