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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
A Case! Did your great grandfather live in a farm community? The Case Threshing Machine Co. bought a Racine car manufacturer so they would have a car in their tractor dealerships to sell to farmers. They built cars for about 15 years but they were never popular in urban areas.
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He lived in Port Jefferson at the time. Started an asphalt company that he later sold when the unions started taking over all the construction projects. But he enjoyed a healthy retirement that started at age 35.
Here is one of his boats used to ship wood from CT.
