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Old 04-01-2018, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Kerry Pinkerton View Post
Jeroslav, thank you for the photos. I've never seen a plate version before, only ones with cast frames.

It is interesting how much the machine with the top flywheel resembles the ERCO machine. I suspose we will never know.

Regarding your wheel tub for the Mercedes, Cass Nawrocki made a very similar fixture for his Eckold and Steve Hamilton and I had the honor of making the very same part for a 540K that he was building. It came out really nice.

Kerry, Read my post a couple of posts above this. Hartmut said that the ERCO came after his father's machine, but is not sure if it was licensed or not. He believes IT WAS licensed, though, because at the time ERCO began producing them, the USA was not at war with Germany and both countries honored each others patent laws. (WWII started Sept. 1939, Germany declared war on Germany December, 1941.)
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