Grampa's ol' John Deere......

[Joe Tonich]

While we were visiting my cousin in 'Bama, he showed me what he did to my Grandfathers old tractor.
This is the tractor I learned on 35 or so years ago...... 1948 Model 'M'

[George Morris]

Geeat looking tractor does he have it running ?

[Jim King]

That brings back a lot of memories. My father had one of those and an Oliver 66 and we farmed the family farm quite well. A few weeks ago my wife went back home for our grandaughters graduation and saw a machine that must have cost $50,000 cutting hay on the same 240 acres. At the time of this tractor we as a country fed the world and now with all the modern methods we have become a net importer of food. How do you figure that out ? By the way he did a great job restoring it.

[Joe Tonich]

Yeah....runs like a Deere....LOL. Will be in the Founders Day parade next year.

While I'm thinking about it....anyone know where I could get (original) the rear lights (white working light and red light) and brackets? Please PM me with any info. I've been looking but cannot find em in the tractor boneyards I've located around here.

Thanks,

[Curt Fuller]

Joe, that's a work of art.

[Jim Becker]

That's a great looking tractor, Joe!

[John Miliunas]

Dang it, Joe! Looks like it just came off the assembly line! My compliments.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Beautiful retoration!

[Steve Ash]

Man I love those old Deeres....Joe we restore old tractors for the love of it and I'd reccomend the following link for the parts you need to finish up. We get our parts through them when we need em to restore our old Deeres they are the largest 2 cylinder tractor salvage yard I know of and the will ship your parts fast. Click on the tractor parts icon or give them a call.


Nice job!



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[Wes Bischel]

Joe,
Neat looking tractor - and great resoration! If I remember correctly, it's a Henry Dreyfuss designed unit (early and well respected Industrial Designer). One of the early "styled" tractors. I bet it holds lots of memories!

Wes

[Larry Klaaren]

Nice job. Pretty true to form.

Is that an authentic seat? I don't remember that particular type of seat. Or the decal. Seems to me that slogan started maybe around 1960 or so, but that's about all the farther back I remember.

I learned to drive on an old "Johnny-Popper", a John Deere B. I had to crank the flywheel to start it. Since I weighed a whole 85 pounds when I was a fourteen year old freshman in high school, that was a job.

My memory may be clouded because we used to take the seats of of those JD's and also old horse drawn corn planters and put them on five gallon cream cans to make a stool. I think that was pretty common, we had a set around our pool table out on the farm. My grandfather owned a produce, so we had a supply of cans.

Larry

[Steve Ash]

Joe,
Neat looking tractor - and great resoration! If I remember correctly, it's a Henry Dreyfuss designed unit (early and well respected Industrial Designer). One of the early "styled" tractors. I bet it holds lots of memories!

Wes

Henry Dreyfuss is credited with the styling of the Deere's much needed transformation to the modern look.

[Jerry Olexa]

Great job of restoration. They are great machines. I love mine...

[Bruce Page]

Joe, that's a fantastic piece of machinery! Did you say it was a 1998? It sure looks it!
Great pics!

[Larry Conely]

Fantastic job. I especially enjoyed the detail shots.I grew up using a John Deere A and B. We started both by grabbing the flywheel and giving it a spin. Later my Dad bought a JD 50. It had an electrec start and I thought I had died and gone to heaven.