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Interesting Body

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Sun Feb 05, 2023 9:27 am

Interesting delivery body on eBay with a Stan Howe history

https://www.ebay.com/itm/185763914143?h ... R6LZmp_EYQ


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Re: Interesting Body

Post by Art Ebeling » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:41 am

The body is interesting but the story about Stan Howe being shocked by a spark plug causing pacemaker damage is even more interesting and something I have never heard before. Art


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Re: Interesting Body

Post by Scott_Conger » Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:06 am

As stated by the seller in his description:
It is likely that he touched a spark plug when someone was cranking the engine or when it was running.
meaning: "I have no earthly idea why Stan died, but this makes a great story out of pure speculation and is done with a complete disregard for his general physical condition as has been related by numerous other people who visited him prior to his untimely death."

Yes, it is an interesting body... and it comes with a thoroughly unimpressive, misleading and all but certainly false bit of trivia
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Re: Interesting Body

Post by ThreePedalTapDancer » Sun Feb 05, 2023 11:21 am

I suspect that it is an original mail carrier body like this restored one.
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Re: Interesting Body

Post by Scott_Conger » Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:08 pm

a really neat video of mail being delivered in 1903 from a buggy: https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/ ... -mailboxes

There is no question of the genesis of the motorized mail carrier body.
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Re: Interesting Body

Post by Rich Eagle » Sun Feb 05, 2023 12:19 pm

Wonderful things including the video.
Out friend Bob Woodburn has a number of things still on eBay at premium prices. His reasoning has been discussed here many times.
For me, the pictures are fabulous and a treat to see.
Thanks for the opportunity to see them.
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