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Foothills
Antique
Tractor and Engine Club
We had 30 displays for the our show at the Smoky Mountain Homecoming Show at the old Everett High School in Maryville. Tractors included nine Farmalls, seven John Deeres, five Allis Chalmers, three Fords, one Massey Harris, one Minneapolis Moline and one Oliver. There was also a nice exhibit of scale model equipment, a trailer with a dairy exhibit, another trailer with some homestead equipment. Click on images to view larger photos |
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Just part of the lineup of equipment at the show. From left are Roy Gamble's 1956 Farmall 100, Tim Prather's 1948 Farmall M, Gary Honea's 1949 Allis Chalmers B, Raymond Perkins' Allis Chalmers B, Robert Perkins' Allis Chalmers C, Kyle Beaver's 1954 Farmall Cub, Donnie Long's 1949 Farmall Super A and Tommy Deal's 1949 Ford 8N. | |
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Cole Williamson (right), our youngest member also had a nice display of more than 30 scale models of agricultural and construction equipment. | |
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Cole takes pride in his exhibit, and takes time to set up some nice arrangements, including this example of a pickup pulling a Deere and a Hart Parr (better watch the clearances of bridges, wires, etc.). | |
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Ray Gray (in the straw hat) had his popular dairy equipment exhibit with all sorts of things running off Linda's pretty hit-n-miss engine - most of the time. With assistance from Jim Butcher and Tim Prather, Ray's engine got the exhaust vavle seat cut and lapped on-site to help it run better until the valve could be ground properly. It turns out that the replacement valve was originally ground out-of-round. | |
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Once it's up and running, Ray gets to explain the rig to many people every day. The kids like the box with the baby rattlers and a copperhead inside. | |
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Eldridge Teffeteller's Allis Chalmers Model G with the sickle mower always attracts a lot of attention. It's also an easy rig to haul due to it's light weight. | |
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Burl McCammon's 1952 Oliver Super 77 is a fine example of what I think is one of the prettiest tractor ever built. This one sports a very nice paint job and new tires, and it runs great! | |
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Attention to details, like new gauges and plates, makes a tractor really stand out. This is the Dash of the Oliver Super 77. | |
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Robin Fazio (left) drove his 1948 Minneapolis Moline UTU up the hill to the show. This big, heavy "field ready" tractor runs great and is ready to go to work. | |
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Jim Butcher (left) is explaining some of the features of his 1952 John Deere Model 40. It is a nice tractor with the vertical two-cylinder engine, live hydraulics and 3-point hitch. | |
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Sam Adams' 1950 John Deere Model B is about as nice as they come. Notice the widened seat that permits an extra rider? Sam will tell you that it's really not all that safe, though, because it forces the operator to sit over to one side, making it awkward to use all the controls from that position and with someone else in your way. Besides that, there is nothing for the passenger to hang onto. | |
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Ben Simon decided to do something different with his 1944 Ford 8N. His has a 302 Ford V8 engine with lots of chrome. He made the adapter plates himself, and he made a new, longer dash rather than lengthen the hood to accomodate the extra 3 inches of length. | |
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There were also activities for kids at the festival. Hannah enjoyed petting the pigs, pitching horseshoes, sack races, tire races and lots of ice cream and other snacks. Most of the kids won at least one meal or trophy for their efforts in the events. | |
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Daniel would probably climb the climbing wall all day if dad could afford the habit. There was also a trampoline equipped with a harness and bungee cords that the kids loved to jump on. | |