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Posted by mike a. tenn. on March 12, 2007 at 14:51:14 from (75.120.200.24):
In Reply to: collector verses collector. posted by northeast puller 1 on March 12, 2007 at 13:07:39:
to be honest, i only "collected" my '51 TO-20, and my '55 TO-35 after we bought this old farm, to bush-hog, mow, get firewood, and put in a few food plots for the game. i guess you could say i got 'em cuz i needed 'em. it wasn't til after i'd had them awhile, and started maintaining and working on them that i found out the "history" behind them, which was when i was "bit by the bug" (the fix 'em up bug that is) they're still my workhorses and always will be, but i really enjoy working on them and doing the mechanical repairs, and even a little "pretty up" work once in a while. i'm getting ready to do a "refurbish" job (as one poster put it) on my TO-20. i do want to paint it as close to "correct" as i can....but i'm just a tinkerer...not a collector. -mike
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