This is when I wish I had my files from the 'States. There is a hobby group
that collects and restores old engines and motors, and I simply can't
remember their name--I suspect someone at the Henry Ford Museum, perhaps my
friend Bob Casey, the Automobile curator could help.  I suspect the hobby
group has a website.

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> From: Thomas A. Reitz <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Vintage Vehicles etc.
> Date: Friday, December 05, 1997 9:48 AM
>
> Dennis-
>
> Check out the Association for Living Historical Farms and Agricultural
> Museums homepage at www.alhfam.org - there will be some sites that can
help
> you.
>
> A great source is/was the Ontario Agricultural Museum, renamed The Farm
> Museum this year - but unfortunately as of December 12 all of their staff
> will be laid off.  No word yet as to the future of the facility and their
> very, very large and significant collection of tractors, stationary
> engines, etc.  Afraid you won't get an answer to any research questions
> directed their way.
>
> Regards,
>
> Tom
>
> At 07:57 AM 12/5/1997 GMT, you wrote:
> >I am working as a volunteer in our local city [pop 80,000] Historic
> >Village Museum in New Zealand.  I am working at re- cataloging our
> >collection of old tractors, stationary engines and other vehicles.
> >Most originate from the USA.  I need to find out about their technical
> >uniqueness, their rarity factor and any other interesting facts.  I
> >have researched at our local library and gathered some information.
> >Can anybody point me in the right direction, some URL's perhaps?
> >Thanks.
> >--
> >|Dennis Kelly
> >|-- email     [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
>
>
> Thomas A. Reitz
> Manager/Curator
> Doon Heritage Crossroads
> R.R. #2
> Kitchener, Ontario  N2G 3W5
> Canada
>
> Telephone:      519-748-1439  ext 227
> Fax:            519-748-0009
> Email:          [log in to unmask]
> http:           www.region.waterloo.on.ca/doon
>
> Plan Now to Attend "A Day in the Life ... Living History of the
Everyday",
> the 27th Annual Meeting and Conference of the Association for Living
> Historical Farms and Agricultural Museums, at the University of Waterloo,
> Waterloo, Ontario -
> June 21 to 25, 1998.