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    Old 09-06-2011, 05:57 AM
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    this 1910 Red Eye belonged to my grandfather's sister. It was very rusty and filthy dirty soooooo......

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    Old 09-06-2011, 05:58 AM
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    nice job!!!
    good memories :D :D
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    Old 09-06-2011, 05:59 AM
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    Hard work pays off, doesn't it! Nice job!
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:00 AM
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    Wow, she's a beauty. Great job cleaning her up.
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:01 AM
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    What a change! Looks great.
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:07 AM
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    Hubby didn't want me to put cleaned machine back in filthy cabinet so WE spent Labor day working on it.

    didn't even know there was gold under all that black dirt!
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:21 AM
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    Beautiful:)
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:21 AM
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    Wow, definitely worth all the work you put into cleaning and restauring this.
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:27 AM
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    Hi and welcome to the board from Iowa. What a great job you did on bringing this lovely machine back to life. Thank you for sharing.
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    Old 09-06-2011, 06:31 AM
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    Loveb it.
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