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    Spice of Life

    Jun 05, 2020 4 minutes
    By Bill Vossler

    When it comes to old iron, Glen Westphal likes to mix it up. That’s why his show displays are unusual pieces like a 1917 Happy Farmer tractor or a rare ca. 1918 Emerson-Brantingham Model U gas engine.

    “I figure the whole idea of a show is to have different items to display, so the key is variety,” he says. “When I take the Happy Farmer to a show, there’s a good chance it’s the only one there.”

    Glen, who lives in Elk River, Minnesota, caught the old iron bug from his father. “About the time I was born (in the 1960s), my dad, Ronald Westphal,

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