There’s a big world of vintage vehicle collectibles out there that doesn’t involve street-legal transportation. Who doesn’t want to avoid taxes, insurance, license plates, and all those things whenever possible? This 1969 Sears Hydro-Trac Super 12 lawn tractor can… more»
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Field Find: 1938 Silver King R66
While not an Atlantic Tarpon, or Mexican wrestling legend César Cuauhtémoc González Barrón, or even the Hunt brothers who attempted to corner the world’s silver market a few decades ago, this tractor is also known as a Silver King,… more»
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1950s-60s Root Range Rider 26″ Power Mower
There are many subcultures of the collecting hobby that don’t involve the current hot-button: 1970s muscle cars. One that a lot of people may not think of is vintage garden tractors and lawnmowers, as crazy as that sounds. This… more»
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Rear-Engine John Blue G1000 Tractor
Most of us are familiar with tractors that pull us along, engine in front. But a few makers experimented with rear-engine machines – and that did not include Porsche, which went for a conventional configuration. Here’s one of the… more»
Tractor Royalty: 1923 John Deere Waterloo Boy
Today’s tractor is one of the rarest on the planet, entwining an early upstart with an established plow-maker to transform John Deere into what it is today – one of America’s premier manufacturers. The Waterloo Gasoline Engine Company was… more»
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Ready for Restoration! Oliver HG-68 Hi-Crop
Oliver’s history stretches back to 1857, when it sold plows made from chilled metal, which resisted abrasion and lasted longer. In time, manufacturers began attaching implements to the new-fangled tractor, boosting sales of both products. Oliver expanded its repertoire… more»
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Streamline Sweetie: 1940s Oliver Row Crop 60
Oliver’s line of beautiful, stylized tractors looks almost like something a child would draw if you asked them to draw a tractor. The heart of the Streamline Moderne Era was the 1930s and ’40s, and this 1940s Oliver Row… more»
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Display Or Put To Work: 1929 Caterpillar Ten
Less than 4.5 feet wide, the Caterpillar Ten, sometimes seen as the number 10, was a big hit with orchard farmers as it could fit between the rows of fruit trees without causing damage. It was also one of… more»
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Original Paint Survivor: 1972 Ford F-100 Ranger XLT
I’ve always envied the one-make person, the “Mopar-or-no-car” types, or those who bleed Ford Blue, or those who sided with 50 percent of Americans in always buying GM (when they were at their peak). I am not that guy,… more»
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Happy New Year! A Retrospective
As the old year fades to a new beginning, I’m straying yet again from our typical vehicular themes to show you a broader round-up of my 2025 machinery encounters. This handsome but derelict tractor sits in a bay-side field… more»
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Diesel Survivor: 1970s Kubota L175 Tractor
Categorized as a sub-compact utility tractor, this 1970s Kubota L175 diesel tractor is one cool and useful choremaster that would have a million uses for most of us. It’s fun (for me at least) to close out 2025 with… more»
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Late 1970s Case 446 Tractor W/ 44″ Mower Deck
While it’s not a restomod muscle car from the 1970s, or a dusty barn find, I hope this Late 1970s/early-1980s Case 446 Tractor with a 44″ mower deck is at least somewhat as interesting to a few (thousand) readers… more»
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Farm Find: 1980s John Deere AMT 622 Transporter
The seller doesn’t list any numbers or show a VIN or data plate or anything like that, so we aren’t sure what year this John Deere AMT 622 Transporter is; it could be anywhere from the late-1980s to the… more»
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Early Grader! 1937 Caterpillar No. 10 Auto Patrol
Time to wax poetic about one of my favorite topics: construction equipment. Not only is the history of these machines intimately entwined with human progress, but learning how the first guy came up with the first forklift, grader, excavator,… more»
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JCPenney 16HP Garden Tractor: 1970s MTD 990
Catalog companies spent decades rebadging products made by others and offering them to consumers as something made by Sears-Roebuck, Montgomery Ward, JCPenney, and many others. This JCPenney 16HP Garden Tractor (basically an MTD 990) is listed here on Facebook… more»
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Worth Fixing? 1969 Plymouth Road Runner
Plymouth found a niche in the late 1960s performance car boom – the budget-minded muscle car. The gimmicky Road Runner debuted in 1968 and quickly proved to be a top seller with more than 81,000 copies in 1969 (its… more»
