was Re: [AT] Portland/NOW Allis-Chalmers CA

[Mark Greer]

Next time you are through here let me know and maybe I'll buy you lunch at
Bishop's on the corner at 57 & 30 just south of the Smuckers store. They
have the BEST onion rings around. Johnsons is a neat old style hardware
store-not many left like that. I buy my garden seeds there each spring.
Mark

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 9:51 AM
Subject: RE: was Re: [AT] Portland/NOW Allis-Chalmers CA


> I came across two of those over in the Carbondale, Illinois, area last
> week, Mark.  I'll check with the owner to see if either one is for sale.
> You would be looking at a little better than 1000 miles round-trip from
> Orrville.
>
> I wish I'd thought to contact you around Christmas time.  I was through
> Orrville twice.  I stopped off at Johnson's Hardware in my attempt to
> find 3/8" rib-neck carriage bolts for the split rims on my Power King
> front wheels.  The clerk confidently told me they had EVERYTHING in the
> way of fasteners, but they didn't have those.  (I ended up ordering them
> from McMaster-Carr.)  A couple days later, my wife and I stopped off at
> the "Smucker's Outlet" south of town and had lunch.  Their cinnamon
> rolls are to die for!
>
> Larry
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Mark Greer
> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:00 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: was Re: [AT] Portland/NOW Allis-Chalmers CA
>
> Anyone here know of a decent A-C CA model for sale within a few hundred
> miles of NE Ohio? My brother-in-law is on a serious hunt for one to use
> with
> a Woods mower at his new farm. He now has more grass than he is willing
> to
> mow with an old 7hp Massey-Ferguson lawnmower so it is time to put
> something
> new(old) in the barn. We went to an auction Saturday and watched one
> sell
> but it was definitely NOT a keeper. It had been broken completely in
> half at
> one point and broke the flanges off the back of the engine block where
> it
> mates to the bellhousing. Some PO had brazed the snot out of it and put
> it
> back together but they did not do a very good job. The sheetmetal was
> wrinkled up too. With a well used Woods belly mower it brought $1700.
> Anyway, we are looking for a decent one that could be picked up on a
> weekend
> road trip. Any and all leads would be appreciated.
> Mark Greer
> Orrville, Ohio
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David A. Laughead Jr." <daljr at bright.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:10 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Portland
>
>
> > Farmer,
> >     Roping off the ATIS area and haveing some form a display sounds
> like a
> > great idea. Too bad I seriously doubt that my CA will attend this
> year. I
> > have asked for that week off of work, they said they would let me know
> when
> > August rolls around.
> >
> > Dave Laughead
> > Arcanum, Ohio
>
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