War Wagon

By Staff
Published on December 1, 2002
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Kermit's 1958 John Deere 320S pulling the John Deere War Wagon.
Kermit's 1958 John Deere 320S pulling the John Deere War Wagon.
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Kelly Nash and son, Koby, and the War Wagon. Note the rumble seat in the back!
Kelly Nash and son, Koby, and the War Wagon. Note the rumble seat in the back!

There are a lot of small farms in Catawba County, N.C., and
I’ve been fond of trucks and tractors since I was a little boy.
My uncle has a Farmall A, and I was driving it by the time I was 8.
I live on three acres, and moving into my later years (with my own
children – and now grandchildren), it was a given that we would
have our own tractors.

I really enjoy my tractors, and I have five John Deere classics
among the 10 tractors 1 own. My first restoration was a Farmall Cub
that was my dad’s, and then I got the green fever. My first
John Deere restoration was a 1958 420T, and it turned out great. My
son, Kelly, then restored a 1950 B John Deere and it turned out
great, also. Our third restoration was a 1958 320S John Deere, and
this tractor turned out great as well.

We kept thinking of something to pull behind the 320S, and I
finally figured out what it should be. I have two John Deere Model
E hit-and-miss engines, a 1-1/2 HP and a 3 HP, that I like to take
to shows. Living as we do in the center of NASCAR racing territory,
I decided I wanted a War Wagon, the portable tool crib that is
rolled into pit row at every NASCAR race.

So Kelly and I built our own John Deere War Wagon to haul our
supplies and our John Deere hit-and-miss engines when we go to
shows. As you can see, it also turned out great, and it was a real
show-stopper at the Southeast Old Threshers Reunion in July 2002 at
Denton, N.C.

Contact engine enthusiast Kermit Lee Nash Jr. at: P.O. Box 446,
Catawba, NC 28609.

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