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On 23 Feb 2005 at 23:10, Steven Ayres wrote: > JimA=> Kind of like Lamborgini, who started out making farm tractors, or > Isetta, who made > => refrigerators. > The Studebaker brothers started out making wheelbarrows for > forty-niners. I visited the Studebaker museum in South Bend, Indiana last August. They started out making buggies & farm wagons, and the museum has one of their Conestoga wagons. I THINK I recall seeing one wheelbarrow there, but I don't recall their putting any special emphasis on it. It's an interesting visit if any of you have the opportunity, and they are scheduled to move into larger quarters within the next year. Still, compared to sewing machines or refrigerators, farm wagons are mechanically pretty close to cars. -- Jim Adney jadney@vwtype3.org Madison, WI 53711-3054 USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~