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I had Sears T shirts made,some have a pocket. They are printed front and back, coming and going. Also Hats Black with Gold lettering like the Data plates. Some have solid backs, some have mesh backs. Shirts with pockets are Blue or Sand. Shirts with No pocket are green. Shirts are $25.00 Hats are $15.00 Shipping is $5.70 for first item, $2.50 each additional.

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Interesting & clear illustrations, informative !

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It was fun visiting your site. I have a Sears that was my grandfathers. He had found it in a barn while hunting near Cozad Nebraska in the early 50's. It has been in and out of storage for 30 years. Finaly 4 years ago I pulled it out of storage. It had run 7 years prior. It is not running now though. I have had several local auto guys look at it and it puzzles them. Do you know anyone who works on these cars? After looking at your web site and found the registration # of 3355. We were always told that it was a 1902 Sears and it is registered that way. After researching I have found out that it can't be that old and according to your web site it would be a 1911

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Excellent site, you are to be commended.

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The Article Was Wonderful. I own A 1910 Model H Restored And Found The Article Very Informitve Thank You So Much .

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John it was great talking to you. Keep up the great work. Good work.

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John, You are doing a great job.Working on the Sears Register, I know the work you have put into the Homepage. I finally found my box of Sears literature and will start scanning soon. I am also having Sears T shirts (with pockets) and Hats made. I will forward pictures and prices. We will be able to find Sears people at the meet.

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John, Thanks for sharing this info about my great-grandpa Krotz. His daughter, Marjorie Jean Schade-Boyts is my mother. She will be 91 on June 10. She talks about her grandpa Krotz sometimes and the cars in the garage that he was always working on. Barbara

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You have a great sight about Sears Motor Buggies. It was a pleasure reading it. I am always searching for more information on early American Automobiles. I just added a link ofyour site on my website www.earlyamericanautomobiles.com. Take care

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John, great job. Very informative. You are the man. Keep up the good work. See you all at O.T., O.K? Rick

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John, I can't read all of this because I am at work. It looks very nice. Keep up the good work. Lots of info. Neat idea.

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THANKS! This will be an invaluable resource for historical reference and restorations.

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I signed in on your registry. I do have some questions about the original ignition system on the Sears Buggy. My grandfather rigged up a model A magneto to run my buggy. It works OK but is not original...

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WOW. Great job with the site.

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Your work here is going to help all of us learn and enjoy our cars and hobby. Thanks for all the effort and I will help in any way I can.

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I think this is great !

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Good luck with your new website. I'll try to send you any Sears info that I have which may be unique. John

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Glad you are doing this.

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I have the original prototype that was made by Alvaro Silas Krotz in 1906. I have restored it to running condition and have driven it on several tours. The # stamped on the frame is: AK-01. Several of the parts also have AK and a # stamped on them. This is the prototype submitted to Sears to prove the concept of the motorized buggy. It was un finished and was set up to prove the concept and was incomplete in many aspects. An example was the friction wheel used only wood as a friction material. The frame shows having been modified for diferent diameter friction drive wheels. The friction drive wheel had no variable adjustment for the driving speed and was manually set by locking collets. The Jackshaft had only the rudimentary setup for the diferential speeds on the chain drive. Also the shift lever assembly was set up to move the rear bellcrank but had no connection to the friction drive wheel to vary the speed, only the concept was there. I had to remove the friction drive wheel and design a replacement wheel based on the Sears cars thet were running. I had to complete the linkage from the bellcrank to the jackshaft friction drive wheel. I also had to design a friction mechanism which would allow the slippage for the diferent drive speeds of the rear wheels in a turn. The timing advance mechanism was just being completed and as recieved it was not functional and I had to design a timing advance system to work with the enging which was in the buggy at the time. The old mechanism was removed and kept for reference. The enging which was in the buggy was a Panherd enging and had not been run. It had yhe original hone marks in the cylenders and the spark plugs were original Bosch fron Germany and I had to contact Bosch in Germany to get a replacement as the reference books here did not go back past 1906 and had no cross reference to areplacement plug. I now have replacement plugs and am using a cross reference plug in leu of the expensive plugs and they wor

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I enjoyed your web sight and I will be back when I get some time to do more looking.

John M. Daly