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    A beautiful design and still so recognizable.
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    Amazing how well designed it was right out of the box! Seldom do you get it right with v1.0

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    Awesome! I bet it still works great.

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    is that guy holding a nuse?? better keep bubba wallace away from it!!! yup it looks good, and mostly the same as my 79 machine. it didn't stray far from home!!

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    I wonder just want all that machine has made for us all.

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    I would love to see all of the prototypes that were tossed before they got to "the first..."

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    Thanks for posting these photos. We were up that way a few years ago and stopped in to see the museum and looked at that Bridgeport, serial #1 and still in nice shape.


    If you're ever in the neighborhood, the museum's worth checking out; pretty cool old place, originally water-powered.

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    Isn't the Round Ram at 90° rotation?


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