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RESTORING My JOHN DEERE MODEL BR

By John F. Harris

RR 6, Box 167, Frankfort, Indiana 46041

This will probably sound like a broken record and will apply to most of the readers of Gas Engine Magazine who restore a tractor, gas engine, or whatever, regardless of what make or model it is.

As a railroader and a farmer combined, I had to have dependable equipment. For tractors I selected John Deere. Those that just got old while I was using them included one each of 1944 and 1951 Model A, 1939 and 1944 Model B, a 1944 Model AR, and the "new" 1954 Model 60. A few others were sold and scrapped.

I began taking the old "AR" to shows around 1970. There just were no other Model AR tractors in the area.

My first "restore" job was a "basket case" Model G. I bought it in the fall of 1973 and rebuilt it during the winter and spring. It was one of the las...

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