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  Top to bottom: Retro-Twin on display at Peterson’s 80th celebration in Hillsboro in Aug 2016; (L-R) Rich Caro/Santa Rosa welder, stands with Glen Ghilotti in front of completed Retro-Twin D8 in 2016.
several additional drawings marked specifically Hi-Clearance Twins. In the end, Akin’s original request for the drawings back in the early 2000s was the match that lit the fire under the Retro Twin project. His extensive study and boneyard of old Cats led to the current Twin D8 we have today.
Building a Twin D8 from scratch off the original drawings brought a deep sense of pride and satis- faction to everyone involved. “It was cool to see the nostalgia of recreating something that was done here years ago,” says Ravazza, who did minor proj- ects for Buster as an apprentice welder back in the 1970s. “Nobody was showing them what to do. It was just, “Here are some pictures and drawings we’ve got to recreate. Go do it.” We all knew this wasn’t go- ing to a customer. It was for Duane [Sr.], and that was important. Duane was recreating history, and we all got to be a part of it.”
At completion, the Retro Twin D8, modeled after the Hungry Horse Dam Twin, was given the serial number 4 to signify its place in the line-up of originals.
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