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Meeting John Parrett

By Robert Hall, Jr.

444 South Olds Avenue Hartford, Michigan 49057-1355

I am still in shock over this good news. I met Mr. John Parrett, the son of the late Dent Parrett, maker of Parrett tractor at the Michigan Fly wheelers Show in South Haven, Michigan, September 8, 2000, and what a surprise! He was asked to come to the show to see the beautifully restored Parrett tractor and to test-drive it.

The tractor is now owned by Dewayne Bogard. It sat for many years at the late Alfred Woods Repair Shop. Mr. Bogard restored the tractor in just three months. What a beautiful tractor, and in mint condition. Mr. Bogard asked John Parrett to drive the tractor and Mr. Parrett told me that he grew up on a Parrett tractor. He was so happy behind the wheel you could see that he was feeling sixty years younger. A couple of days later I called John Parrett and talked with him. I had to tell him I saw ...

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