RE: (ET) Re: Parts....

["David Roden (Akron OH USA)" <roden ald net>]

From:                   "Elie, Larry (L.D.)" <lelie ford com>

> The ET is fun but to be honest, it will
> never be more than an collectors oddity at this point in time. 

I was surprised to see Larry write this, and even more surprised that no 
one challenged it.  I may be naive, since I've never owned a gas tractor 
(never had an excus ... uh, need for one until I moved to my present 
home).  But I find that the ET handles my needs just fine.  It shoves 
snow out of my driveway, whacks down the weeds in the field behind the 
barn, and soon will till up the garden for us.

I'm not a collector.  I bought it to use.  I don't want it to be pretty, 
because then I'd hesitate to work it hard.  It's scratched, dirty, and 
rusty, but it keeps on running.  It makes no fumes (my neighbor's old 
lawn tractor had an exhaust stack right in front of his face!).  It's 
quiet enough that I can mow after dark, and I have.

That doesn't sound like a collector's oddity to me.  But perhaps that's 
not what Larry meant?


David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA
1991 Solectria Force 144vac
1991 Ford Escort Green/EV 128vdc
1979 General Engines ElectroPed 24vdc
1974 Honda Civic EV 96vdc
1970 GE Elec-trak E15 36vdc
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