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A new version of an old tractor, Byron Hamilton, a semi-retired auto mechanic, spent almost 2,000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home (...)
A new version of an old tractor, Byron Hamilton, a semi-retired auto mechanic, spent almost 2,000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home (...)

A new version of an old tractor, Byron Hamilton, a semi-retired auto mechanic, spent almost 2,000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home (...)

Date4/20/1976
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  • A new version of an old tractor, Byron Hamilton, a semi-retired auto mechanic, spent almost 2,000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home (...)
  • A new version of an old tractor; Byron Hamilton; a semi-retired auto mechanic; spent almost 2;000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home building this quarterscale; 18-horsepower Waterloo-type steam tractor. He has still to add water tanks and a platform behind the rear drive wheels. Hamilton says he hopes to enter it in downtown Uxbridge parade in June. The neighboring children are already putting in their bids for a free ride on it.
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Original Toronto Star caption: A new version of an old tractor; Byron Hamilton; a semi-retired auto mechanic; spent almost 2;000 working hours this past winter at his Uxbridge home building this quarterscale; 18-horsepower Waterloo-type steam tractor. He has still to add water tanks and a platform behind the rear drive wheels. Hamilton says he hopes to enter it in downtown Uxbridge parade in June. The neighboring children are already putting in their bids for a free ride on it.
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