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    FINISHING THE UNFINISHED

    Jun 11, 2021 4 minutes
    By Woody Cone

    I bought a new mobile home in 2008. Last fall, Dennis Allfrey (the man who owns the company that I bought it from) called me. I saw the company name on my caller ID. I couldn’t imagine why they would be calling me. Curiosity finally forced me to answer the phone.

    Dennis knew that I had been tinkering with tractors ever since I retired 14 years ago. It seems his stepfather had started to restore a family heirloom 1952 Ford 8N tractor. Then his stepfather became ill and died. Now they had a whole cellar full of parts and he wanted to know if I could finish the restoration.

    I had just finished a job, so the

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