—Lanacster Farming, Saturday, May 20,1967
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Raymond Groff Becomes
Area’s First All-Electric
“Back-Seat Driver”
b\ Don Timmons
Have >ou .soon thnl aqua and
lilac. spoil., little vision of
jesteijear whoosh in l ' along the
area's bywavs with its happy
backseat diner If not yon
w ill
Ra'inond C GiolT of Roths
\ illt* has resto.ed a 1912 De
tioit Elect! ic Co coupe which
made its initial test uin yes
teiclac Although final figuies
•lie not cet tallied Ciofi an
ticpates a ciuising speed ot 15
to 25 miles pet horn will be
attained He has no idea what
shell do - flat out But theie
ate loin loiwaid speeds with
which hell have to c\nei inv.it
144 \ oi/rs
L nhke the film lamous Dis
ne\ (h'\ cm which ian on some
thine called flubhei' Giofls
thane! wi'l be poveiccl by
t' 1 eh a 12 \olt battenes col
lectiieh wenhine about hall
a ten
I'lie b itteues wdl be f’i -
ii ee ol chai ee be the
P.e»tohte Companc ol Toledo
Ohio 'lhc company like othei
batten\ and cai manufactii' eis
sees a leal comeback in stoie
loi this silent little
beauty ol the past—the electuc
cai—and is mleiested in test
ire then battenes in a woik
me model
The big question* that fate
the industry me; how fast
can they go, and how far
without rechaiging? On these
questions hangs the fate of
a new or, “restored" in
dustry.
A LOT OF WORK
When Gioff decided he’d like
to lestoie an antique cai he
wasn’t paiticulailv thinking,
about an elect) ic one Actual-j
Iv he had his eve on a Model)
T Foi d I
Bat one day last fall he
spotted a pictuie of this elec
ti ic cai in the newspapei It
was having a new top made for
it bv a specialist in Lancaster
Gioff got inteiested in it and
hnalh managed to buv it liom
its ownei Paul Stein of Man
henn
Gioff and his sons Ravmond
and Robeit woiked lor weeks
on the lestoiation
“I’ll bet we scraped eight
to ten coats of paint off the
bodv,” Groff stated.
Aiter getting down to the
base metal which thev disco\
eied was pait steel and part
aluminum thev had it lepain
ed bv Louis Bowsei of Lititv
R 4
Thev tested tile motoi and
t' ansmission bv hooking up one
standaid stoiage hattei > and'
even thing seemed to be in op !
eating shape even the hoin',
\ 500 pound genes atoi came
with the cai Gioft has this
HEIFER PVSTLRiXH THIE
Betoie iaimeis put then
heilcis on pastme associate
countv agent VictOi Plaslow
uiges thev thoioughlv check
then lences If thei e ai e any
weak fences vigoious heifeis
will find them he notes Plas
tow also advises faimeis that
befoie pastuiing hoiiois
hooves should be checked and
tmnmecl Long homes on pas
till e can cause lameness he
added In addition, he suggests
d. check all hcikis 10. j
identification, eai lags, oi what
e. In making the toed
change Plastow advises con
tinning to feed some hav on
pastme until the heifeis aie
adapted to glass
Opportunities always look
better from a distance
wired up in his garage for rc
enarglng the battcres.
‘‘lt’s amazing,” Gioff notes,
*how this little car could have
just sat for 22 years and be in
this good shape.” According to
the registration that came with
the car. it hadn’t been operat
ed on the load since 1945
The car had belonged to the
world-famous antique cai col-
Agway
SPECIAL SALE ON
AGWAY CLEANSERS & SANITIZERS
SALE APPLIES TO BEE-LINE SUPPLY CENTER ONLY
(Former Form Bureau Store, Lancaster)
YOU NAME IT! WE HAVE IT! To clean and Sanitize your Pipe Line Milker, Mechanical
Bulk Tank, Vacuum System, Milking Machine & Utensils, Udder Washing, rubber parts
care, etc.
All PRICES POB WAREHOUSE and Sold in case lots only where cases apply.
SALE PRICE
AG WAY ACID CLEANSER 4- 1 Gol. per case $ 3.70 per Gal. $2.92
per Gol.
AGWAY, BULK TANK & 6-9 lb. Cans per case 3.10 per Con 2.43 per Can
UTENSIL CLEANER 201b . Corton
AGWAY lODOPHOR - - - .
{Replaces lOSAN) 4 - 1 Gal. per ease
AGWAY LIQUID
BACTERICIDE
r 25# Drum 8.45 drum §% 34 per D
AGWAY PIPELINE
CLEANSER 50# Drum 14.90 per drum || # lO P er
100# Drum 29.26 per drum 21.94 per D
AG WAY RUBBER PARTS c .. o ac r« \ LJi
CLEANER 12 - 5 lb. corns per case 2.05 per Can ■•O4 P er an
ACWAY CLEANSER
Also Special Sale on All Dairy and Bulk Tank Brushes
Agway’s Farm Cleaning
major dairies in this area.
Cleaning Program.
FOR MORE DETAILS CALL OR COME IN AND SEE US BEFORE MAY 31st
lector James Melton of Weston,
Connecticut. But apparently
Melton had never seen fit to
restore it.
BACK-SEAT OPERATOR
We don’t know where the
term “back-seat driver" may
have originated, but in Groff’s
antique coupe if there’s no
back-seat driver, watch out!
That’s where the operator
sat in 1012. That way. when
Pop took the family for a Sun
day drive he didn't even have
to turn around to maintain dis
cipline among his restless off
spring He had ’em right there
in front of him. within easy
reach.
There’s no steering wheel to
guide this little car right or
left, or in a circle Rather, a
steering bar about 18 inches
long rests mst above the driv-
BEE-LINE
SUPPLY CENTER
1027 Dillerville Rd,
NOTICE TO ALL
DAIRYMEN!
NOW THUR MAY 31st.
4-1 Gal. per cose
100# Drum
25# Drum
er’s lap, and is easily handled, ly looks forward to the
Learning to drive in this un- perience.
orthodox way will require a There’s room for four p<
bit of practice, but Groff eager- (Continued on Page
BARN SPRAYING
SPRAY THE MODERN WAY
Use CARBOIA SPRAY
• Dries White • Disinfects
• Less Cobwebs
MAYNARD L BEITZEL
Witmer, Pa. Phone 392-722
Lancaster, Penna.
17.60 per drum 14.08 per D
5.16 per drum 4.13 per D
Program is recommended by your
Ask for your free Agway Farm
List Price
6.55 per Carton 4.92 per Ctn.
3.47 per Gal.
1.55 per Gal.
2.75 per Gal.
1.30 per Gal.
►eoi
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