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A FAITHFUL OLD METZ AUTO ENGINE

By William S. Strayer

R. D. I, Dillsburg, Pennsylvania 17019

Several years ago, while reading a story of the Metz Automobile in an issue of the "Antique Car Magazine", the following story was recalled to my memory. Many details have been forgotten, but the lump on my wrist, caused by the crank of my old Metz when it kicked backward while starting, will never be forgotten.

My first encounter with a Metz came about when my family moved into York County, Pa., and, of course, yours truly had to go to a new school at the age of thirteen. All schools in the country at that time were the one-room pot bellied stove type and a school room visitor was something special. All school districts were subject to the yearly visit by some local photographer with the magic birdie box mounted on a tripod. This usually meant three visits-first, to take the posed picture; se...

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