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I'm loving this, lots of episodes, clear shooting by a very competent mechanic. He's extra careful so that nothing is damaged - ask me how do I know that's important!

The machine in itself is also fantastic, it just looks "right" under all aspects. And the he can still order parts for it at the dealer!

 

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D2 highly sought after machine in the US.  Probably elsewhere too.  Nice small tractor for play and stump pulling.

I grew up around D8 14A2180.  I remember the serial after all these years!  Dad dropped my 1899 Waltham on the tread plate and broke the balance.  Took 30 years for me to get it rebuilt.

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Actually, he dropped the Waltham on the floor of a D7 as I now recall.  Got it fixed and dropped it again around 1957.  That time he placed it it a drawer and got a Milber.  Kinda rough, but I have it also.

Probably was about '57 that he got the 14A.  Had twin stacks.  Hell of a machine.  You could hear it run 2 miles away.

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