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Restored G Is A BeautyBy William M. FetcherBox 5032, Steamboat Springs, Colorado 80477 Reprinted with permission from the 'November 1988 issue of Green Magazine, Bee, "Nebraska. Restoration completed, October 10, 1987. John Deere #G6990 left the factory June 15, 1938 for the Kansas City area, where it was bought by a Mr. Lyle Rule who brought it to Routt County in Colorado the following year. Sometime following WWII a local blacksmith, Ray Witherspoon, built a ten-foot wide snowplow attachment for it. The tractor served three more owners before being taken out of service about seven years ago. Meanwhile I had been looking for a two-cylinder John Deere not only to restore but to perform useful work such as plowing snow. Understandably I was most interested when a friend told me of #G6990 abandoned on a ranch 15 miles from my home. I checked it over and while it was in ... 816 of 3705 characters shown.
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