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Wheels ‘n tracks ‘n things

Headin’ down south as reported in an earlier column I spotted three intriguing tracked vehicles languishing in a roadside paddock. There were all red and sporting wide snow-style tracks. Further research proved they were made by Thiokol, an American company with an interesting and diverse history – condensed from Wikipedia:

1926: Two chemists, in the course of an experiment, created a gum whose outstanding characteristic was a terrible odour. The substance clogged a sink and

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