[AT] Good bye!

[John Hall]

Been here a while and never heard about the manuals--neat idea!

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alan Nadeau" <ajnadeau1 at verizon.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Monday, July 09, 2007 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Good bye!


> Who remembers the long voyage of "The Boxes" that so many of us were
> involved with.  For those who don't know the story here's a short version.
> Spencer had  a JD "M" that he was going to restore.  A bunch of us came up
> with the idea of getting a set of manuals for it and circulating them as 
> far
> as possible, by face-to-face meetings between members.  Seems like there
> were four manuals and they each took a different trip.  Each carrier 
> signed
> the book before passing it on.  I met some nice folks while I was involved
> with the box.  If I remember right we managed to keep it secret and I 
> think
> the box, with the manuals back together (only three, seems like one
> disappeared enroute to/from So. Africa) were given to Spencer at the
> Portland show.  That goes back a ways, seems like it was 1997 or '98 we 
> did
> that.
> Al Nadeau
>
>