Antique Tractor Iowa
If you ever wondered why your grand dad is still keeping old and dusty diesel engine parts laying around his shed or basement, Grandpa may have a big project in store for you. It seems that one of the major crazes among the older generations is currently antique tractor restoration. And in spite of all the new ecologically friendly "boy's toys" like John Deere snowmobiles and 4x4 all terrain vehicles, antique tractor restoration is also becoming popular among youngsters, mechanics and locomotive enthusiasts.
In fact, the John Deere corporation recently announced the construction of its "Tractor History Museum" in Waterloo, Iowa. CEOs of the company project its grand opening to occur in late 2011 and anticipate welcoming hoards of tourists and tractor enthusiasts from across the country each week. The remarkable and continued interest in John Deere's visitor's Pavilions, Harvester Works visitors' centers in Illinois and Germany were a great part of what inspired the new Waterloo museum location. Company executives expect to have thousands of guests viewing exhibits the of John Deere engine parts, tractors, trailers, farm equipment and sports vehicles of yesteryear -- and the future -- in time for Christmas.
With the new fad of antique tractor restoration, mechanics -- professional or amateur -- can finally find a use for any old and out-dated parts that have been taking up space. Retired farmers and agricultural professionals are finding that those old "heaps of junk" that they retired decades ago are actually worth considerable amounts of money when restored to their original conditions.
Numerous clubs antique restoration clubs nationwide are expanding their interests to include tractor and diesel engine vehicle restoration and retaining members with similar interests by the dozens. Many of those clubs hold annual antique tractor shows, and even races, where winners are generously compensated for their participation. With John Deere having designed its first products in 1837, this type of restoration enthusiast has nearly 150 years worth of vehicles that classify as antiques to choose from.
Even with the new models of hybrid cars, advanced industrial and agricultural equipment, and public ecological awareness, many equipment and automotive companies are still manufacturing diesel engine parts that are compatible with classic vehicles and antique equipment.
Whether you are restoring an antique tractor, or repairing agricultural or industrial equipment still in use, Maxiforce has a wide variety of John Deere engine parts to complete any equipment project.
ICATS (Iowa Charity Antique Tractor Safari)
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Vintage Maytag Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor Old Iowa $89.95 |
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1994 Fordson Tractor Mid-Iowa Antique Power Assoc. Belt Buckle Marshalltown Ltd $124.95 |
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1993 Case Tractor Mid-Iowa Antique Power Assoc. Belt Buckle Marshalltown Ltd $124.95 |
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1988 Massey 15-22 Tractor Mid-Iowa Antique Power Assoc. Belt Buckle Marshalltown $124.95 |
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Vintage Maytag Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor Old Oilers Newton Iowa 6410 $59.95 |
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Vintage Maytag Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor Old Iowa $129.95 |
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Vintage Maytag Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor Old Oilers Newton Iowa 6411 $89.95 |
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Vintage Des Moines Iowa Hardware Store Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor RARE 6325 $189.95 |
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Vintage Maytag Oil Can Antique Oiler Tractor Old Iowa $89.95 |
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Country Property Dirt Cheap: How I Found My Piece of Inexpensive Rural Land...Plus My Adventures with a $300 Junk Antique Tractor $9.85 ... |
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Oliver Tractor Data Book $14.95 Put everything you need to know about Oliver tractors in your hip pocket! All Oliver and Hart-Parr tractors and crawlers from 1924 to 1964 are covered in detail, with serial number listings for the last of the Oliver tractors produced in the late 1960s. Exhaustively researched at the Floyd County Museum and Historical Society in Charles City, Iowa, this book details everything from serial numbers,... |
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Ertl Toy Tractors $24.95 In more than one respect, Ertl, long the most celebrated name in diecast toy tractors, is much like Tonka: both were founded shortly after World War II in the basements of enterprising Midwesterners. Although Ertl, also like Tonka, has produced countless toy trucks, this book will focus solely on the Iowa toymaker's true bread and butter: toy tractors produced from 1945 to present. Two hundred col... |
