IMADreamer Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 Well, what had to be one of the best weekends of my life has come to a close but I'll always have the memories. My Dad and I love old tractors, particularly restoring them and every time this year we take off to go to a show in Iowa. This year was a little hampered by rain but still great non the less. Then to top it off on the way home we happened to get stuck right dab in the middle of the 2010 power cruise so we were passing or being passed by literally hundreds of classic American muscle cars. Unfortunately I was driving so I only have one pic of those. We saw a bit of everything though and were in this pack of cars for almost 200 miles. It was awesome. On with the tractor pics. Adam's metal polish, works great on tractors too! My personal favorite. The brave Vets from the Dyersville VFW making sure to lead the way in the parade. They didn't go far because some severe weather rolled in but they made a good showing and were all a riot to chat with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris@Adams Posted June 6, 2010 Share Posted June 6, 2010 American Iron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeus_SVT Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Where's the one pic of the other cars? Nice Tractors though, looks like fun. You can surely see those storm clouds a rollin' in in the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordgrey Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 That brings back memories! Back in the 70's, our family went to see my dad's old homestead in Saskatchewan. We visited a mueseum in Saskatoon and they had four or five old steam tractors all restored and on display. In the warehouse, you could go look at a couple dozen that had not been restored. We walked in, dad saw this old beast sitting there and just stopped dead. He called over one of the staff and said that they could find the initials JEMC scratched into the back of the seat. It was the tractor that they had to abandon, when they abandoned the farm during the dust bowl of the 30's. Sure enough, there, as plain as day, were my father's initials on the back of the seat. In quick time, one of the curators was out there with us, with dad giving her the history of the rig. Turns out it was American muscle since it was bought off of a farm in North Dakota in the early 20's. To this day, whenever I need to initial something, I do it that way. Thanks for bringing back a long dead memory! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice! Where in IA? We sponsor the Old Threshers Reunion... You want to see old American Muscle go there... Old steam powered tractors the size of a house and hit and misses galore. That was a nice rain storm we got though. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Nice! Where in IA? We sponsor the Old Threshers Reunion... You want to see old American Muscle go there... Old steam powered tractors the size of a house and hit and misses galore. That was a nice rain storm we got though. Chris Dyersville to be exact. Great little town. The Old Threshers Reunion is something we've always wanted to go to but it's early September date puts it right at the start of corn harvest for us so we never get to go. That brings back memories! Back in the 70's, our family went to see my dad's old homestead in Saskatchewan. We visited a mueseum in Saskatoon and they had four or five old steam tractors all restored and on display. In the warehouse, you could go look at a couple dozen that had not been restored. We walked in, dad saw this old beast sitting there and just stopped dead. He called over one of the staff and said that they could find the initials JEMC scratched into the back of the seat. It was the tractor that they had to abandon, when they abandoned the farm during the dust bowl of the 30's. Sure enough, there, as plain as day, were my father's initials on the back of the seat. In quick time, one of the curators was out there with us, with dad giving her the history of the rig. Turns out it was American muscle since it was bought off of a farm in North Dakota in the early 20's. To this day, whenever I need to initial something, I do it that way. Thanks for bringing back a long dead memory! That's a great story! I'm hoping to make one of those myself this week. We have been trying to track down my Grandfather's Massey Ferguson 97 from 1959 for the better part of a decade. It was the first tractor he ever bought new and we've been following up leads and researching, well we found it finally but the old tymer that has it doesn't seem willing to sell it, but after we matched the serial numbers (we still have the original sales slip) and told him how important it was to us he is considering it. I'm actually waiting for a call back today. It's going to cost me as much as a new car to get but the look on my Father's face when he sees it will be worth 10x times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 oh yeah, the car pic. lol Sadly I was driving so didn't get any others. It was still a site to see, all those awesome muscle cars cruising down the highway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewy Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Dyersville! Home to Ertl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordgrey Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 That's a great story! I'm hoping to make one of those myself this week. We have been trying to track down my Grandfather's Massey Ferguson 97 from 1959 for the better part of a decade. It was the first tractor he ever bought new and we've been following up leads and researching, well we found it finally but the old tymer that has it doesn't seem willing to sell it, but after we matched the serial numbers (we still have the original sales slip) and told him how important it was to us he is considering it. I'm actually waiting for a call back today. It's going to cost me as much as a new car to get but the look on my Father's face when he sees it will be worth 10x times. Best of luck getting him to let it go! At the end of the day, it ain't really the guy with the most toys who wins, it's the guy with the best memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kustom_FX Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Cool pics.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marylander Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 Dyersville -- If you built it they will come!!! Is the ball field still there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Dyersville -- If you built it they will come!!! Is the ball field still there? Yeah, but it's for sale. 6.5 million I think is what someone said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
70'sChevyGirl Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 I like those old tractor pics. I have an ex boss that collects them and he has around 25 or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IMADreamer Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 no sale on the Massey 97 btw. I asked him that if he did decide to sell someday we got first crack at it. He said of course so hopefully someday it can return to our family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordgrey Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 That's too bad Jason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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