In early 2004, a neighbor, Bob, was visiting me and saw some of my engines. He said he had his father's engine, which I should take. It was an IHC LB 3-5 HP. Soon after I picked it up, it was putt-putting just like new. When Bob heard it, he said I needed to go to Kansas and get "the 6 HP Fairbanks Special Electric." As I was trying to sell a 6 HP IHC M, 1 declined. But then he mentioned the magic word - upright. Shoot - another long trip and another restoration, just when I was trying to clean out the shop. Bob's uncles, the owners, wanted their engine to go to a good home. If I could bring the LB back to life, mine was a good home. In September 2004, I picked up Bob and we drove to my brother Sam's house in Stillwater, Okla. We transferred to his Dodge 3/4-ton diesel and heavy trailer. Who knew what we'd find? In another five hours, we were in Ness City, Kan. The brothers came to the motel to visit us. "Do you have four-wheel drive?" Uh-oh - it had been raining on the limestone powder the county puts on its roads. It is as slick as melting ice and called "smear."
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机译：2004年初，一个邻居鲍勃（Bob）来访我，看到了我的一些引擎。他说他有他父亲的发动机，我应该带。它是IHC LB 3-5 HP。我拿起它后不久，它就像新球一样被推杆推入。当鲍勃听到这句话时，他说我需要去堪萨斯州，并拿到“ 6 HP Fairbanks Special Electric”。当我尝试出售6台HP IHC M时，其中1台被拒绝。但随后他提到了魔术字-直立。射击-又一次长途旅行，又一次恢复，正好在我试图清理商店时。鲍勃的叔叔（房主）希望他们的引擎去一个好的家。如果我能使LB复活，那我的家就是个好地方。 2004年9月，我接了鲍勃（Bob），我们开车去了哥哥萨姆（Sam）在俄克拉荷马州斯蒂尔沃特（Stillwater）的家中，然后将其转移到他的道奇（Dodge）3/4吨柴油和重型拖车上。谁知道我们会发现什么？再过五个小时，我们来到了堪萨斯州的尼斯市。兄弟俩来到汽车旅馆探访我们。 “你有四轮驱动吗？”嗯-县城道路上的石灰石粉一直在下雨。它像融化的冰一样光滑，被称为“涂片”。
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