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RESTORING THE INDEPENDENT

By Victor Hartzell Jr

23170 McCollister Road Defiance, Ohio 43512

The engine as it looked when I bought it, except I had removed the mixing valve.

I was showing my engines at the Maumee Valley Antique Steam & Gas Association Show at New Haven, Indiana, in August of 1995, when a fellow named Arnie Hartman set up next to me with a big trailer-load of engines for sale. I wasn't particularly in the market for another engine, but I went over to see the different engines that he had for sale. He had one that caught my eyeit was different than any I had ever seen. Arnie told me it was an Independent Harvester and I would look a long time before I would see another like it as he had only seen one other. I asked him if it was for sale and he said it was, so after a little dickering, we settled on a price and loaded it on my trailer.

The engin...

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