Rumely family

Russ from MN · Aug 15, 2014

I thought this was really neat, when I first saw them grandpa and son were checking and adjusting, and the grandkids were wiping it off. Then the son got up and walked the flywheel to start it, then they all climbed on and drove it through the parade. 1912 15-30 at Itasca pioneers farmers show today.

Mark - IN. · Aug 15, 2014

Back a few months I went to a local farm auction where he had just passed in his 80's, and she had passed years before, and the children didn't want to follow in their footsteps, so sold it all off. Bid on an "L" that wasn't in as good of shape and had been setting in a barn for over a decade. I stopped bidding at $7,000 because the retired fella that I was up against wasn't going to be out done. He even took out the tape measure to figure out how much of the struts he was going to have to cut off to lower the canopy to fit it into his garage. Hey, it was his money, so I hope he enjoys it. One thing for sure, one of the cylinders was real weak. Me and an Amish fella that has an "M" worked on starting it for a couple of hours even after finding a couple of new plugs still in the boxes. Finally pull started it with a Massey 333 that was being auctioned off as well.

Thanks for sharing. She's a real beaute. She sure is.

Mark

Rumely family

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