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My Little Mini "B"

History: The Call of Oil, Grease, and Green Paint

By Calvin G. White

Box 1152 Tomball, Texas 77375

I grew up in a small Iowa town with a farm economy. My dad shelled corn and hauled products to market for the local farmers. I became acquainted with oil and grease at the tender age of eight, when I was allowed to "help" service the trucks and John Deere corn sheller. Dad would grease the bearings and I would pump the grease gun handle.

At about age ten (1947 or thereabouts) there seemed to be large numbers of one cylinder Maytags around. That was the time electric mowers were taking over the jobs of pumping and running the wash machines on the farms. I don't remember all the details, but several single cylinder Maytags were "acquired." Best of memory is $5.00 was the going price. I regularly took them apart and at one point made a comp...

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