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    1950s lathe salesman's car - photo

    1950s lathe salesman's car.

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    South Bend sold shapers and drill presses out of their cars too...

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    And it's mounted in a woodie.
    If you can't make it precise make it adjustable.

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    Ohhhh to get hold of that lathe now.

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    my brother has a few of those.some small some big.( lathes,I havent seen his woody.)

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    Were the lathes operational?



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