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Re: (ET) Almost "new 1970 Elec-trak ?



Hey, Erv:  will you also be at the Hesston steam show later this year?  
I'll tell my family to keep an eye out for you, since they plan to go.

David Brandt


--- On Thu, 8/12/10, Reo43 aol com <Reo43 aol com> wrote:

> From: Reo43 aol com <Reo43 aol com>
> Subject: (ET) Almost "new 1970 Elec-trak ?
> To: elec-trak cosmos phy tufts edu
> Date: Thursday, August 12, 2010, 6:57 PM
> I am helping put on a steam engine
> and tractor  show this weekend at 
> Lagrange, IN. I use my New Idea electric for my work
> truck  and golf cart.
> 
> We had a man bring in a GE ElecTrak for the show and
> he  said that he wants 
> to sell it, and he said it is a 1970 model. I looked it
> over  and it is the 
> best looking Elec-Trak that I have ever seen. He said it
> was only  used two 
> years by the original owner when the man died, and it was
> stored for  years 
> until he bought it. It still has the plastic bags for the
> batteries, and  
> the original plastic battery covers.
> 
> However, I think it is much newer  than 1970, so I am
> asking this forum for 
> opinions. It is a model 26AE 20CA,  serial number FR22
> 388. The front 
> mounted mower deck has the shorter, large  diameter
> motors, and the caster 
> brackets are the stamped metal type, not the  cast
> aluminum used on the eary 
> models. The accelerator is a pedal, not a lever,  and
> there is a forward/reverse 
> switch on the dash. Above the battery charger are  TWO
> resistor strips, not 
> just one.
> 
> Let me know what you vintage think  this is. If you
> need me to look at 
> something else to determine the age let me  know. I am
> going to take some 
> pictures of it tonight yet.
> 
> Since I will be  busy at the show all day I will only
> have time to check 
> this forum in the  evening.
> 
> By he way, the guy is asking $3500 for the outfit. I
> thought  that was 
> extremely high until I looked it over. Also, the batteries
> are almost  new.
> 
> Erv Troyer   Lagrange, IN
> New Idea EGT 120  
> 
> 
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