46th Texas Early Days Tractor and Engine Show

[oliver2-44 9,976]

My son,grandson and I had a great day Saturday.  This it is a large show and we spent a long day there and I wish I had time to go back and talk to many people I met there.

I took my 1985-312-8 pictured below, but was so busy I forgot to take a picture of it there.  There were about 20 garden Tractors at this show which is the largest showing I've seen in Texas so far.

The Club owns 48 acres with lots of permanent displays, and is working or a complete Cotton Gin display..  They also have an area where they hold a plow day, antique planting corn day, antique cork harvesting day, etc.Someday I want to be the first Gt to show up at there plow day!

I know it's green, but my18 mth old grandson Jeremy had a good time on this old JD,  With it's loose steering he could really work that big wheel back and forth..  This was his first of many shows to attend.

 

This owner from Johnson city, Tx had 4 WH but I never got to meet him

Jeremy checked out member Motor12's beautiful RJ there .

This meticious C145 was from Houston area, and had several enhancements.

The Kohler engine screen was stainless expanded metal.

The inset taillights looked cool

This poor 312-8 was for sale by a vendor for a crazy price, needless to say it didn't sell.

This was the only Case GT there

It's green, but I like the loader! 

A nicely restored Panzer, but I like them in turquiose

 

This was a great condition original Gibson Super with hood

 

 

 

This giant 4 cylinder Hit & Miss was run several times during the day. it originally powered a geenerator that was mounted with it, but not operational. Being a power plant guy I would love to see one of these old generators restored and operational.

 

This 14" dia. piston is bigger than a 5 gallon bucket

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Lots of engine in a large shed, some working, many awaiting restoration

This large horizontal Hit & Miss also originally powered a generator

I was intriqued by the mechanism inside the flywheel which I suspect was some sort of speed governing mechanism.

Here's the great looking olf GE generator it drove

This large engine was hooked up to an air supply and slowly rotated all day long.  There was also a large number of small hit or Miss engines.

This restored Titan drove a flat belt powered air compressor,

This is the first Cockshunt I've seen it Texas.  It did very well in the Antique Tractor Pull

Oliver was the featured tractor of the show and there were many!

The Cat club was new at the show this year & there were a few track machines.

This old Cletrac was an interesting display. it reportedly didn't run when brought to the show. Several guys tinkered with it and it was running by early afternoon.  After lots of hand cranking, they hooked it up to another tractor and pull started it. The owner then drove it around for quite a while.

This was a unique display

 

an antique Car Club was also at the show.

 

Does anyone know what model this old Case is?

 

 

 

Thanks for joining me!

 

 

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Edited October 11, 2017 by oliver2-44

[wfrpalm 218]

Thanks, great pics.

[520hC-120 136]

 that looks like an Allis Chalmers WC

[AMC RULES 37,143]

   Great Cletrac story... 

sounds like a great idea for our big  show. 

Edited October 11, 2017 by AMC RULES

[Lane Ranger 11,054]

Thanks for posting the  Texas tractor show pics Jim!

 

[953 nut 56,369]

           Thanks for taking us along.

[Ed Kennell 39,429]

Great photos Jim.     Thanks for sharing.    BTW, that 312 8 speed in the wild flowers is definitely a calendar  shot.

[ACman 7,628]

 

Thanks for sharing those  with us ...  

 

@520hC-120said...that looks like a Allis Chalmers WC

 

That’s no Case or a WC...it’s a Allis Chalmers IB( industrial B )   don’t see to many around. Though I know/knew of one at a former teacher’s farm sitting outside . I stopped in one day to ask about it (her husband collected JD’s) to see if he’d sell it . He politely told me no and I wasn’t the first one to stop in and ask about it .  He said he knew what he had and maybe someday could get to it. I bet it still sitting in the same spot rotting away . 

 

http://www.tractordata.com/industrial-tractors/000/1/5/156-allis-chalmers-ib.html

Edited October 11, 2017 by ACman

[oliver2-44 9,976]

Thanks @ACman I knew it looked different  from many old Allis Chalmers and Case tractors I,be seen

 

@AMC RULES that would be a neat event at the big show. Reminds me of back in high school Ag class we had competition to debug tractors.. (Wow just realized the word "debug" existed before computers). The team I was on placed 2nd at the State  completition, but that's another story.

15 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

   Great Cletrac story... 

sounds like a great idea for our big  show. 

 

[WHX?? 49,582]

 for taking us along Ollie! 

Look @Achto....Cockshutts!!!!!

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