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« on: December 01, 2008, 08:44:55 AM »
This will be an attempt to share a few pictures from the '08 Pageant of steam near Canandaigua NY this past summer.  It was interesting for me to see several large old machines that I had never seen before.  Enjoy.

Charlie V.

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« Reply #1 on: December 01, 2008, 03:38:42 PM »
Nice tractors!

The Turner is the only one that I haven't seen before.

I still like the real oldies, and when I started collecting I only had steel wheeled tractors as I thought rubber tired ones were too new.  Unfortunately I sold my early tractors and now could not afford to buy replacements.  I have to be content seeing the old stuff at shows and in other collections.

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« Reply #2 on: December 05, 2008, 10:39:30 PM »
Thanks for posting those pictures. You just don't see those kind of tractors at the average show here in the South.

Antiques
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 09:39:13 PM »
I have a few more pictures of others at the same show that I will put up as soon as I have a chance to size them down to fit.  I really enjoyed seeing these old timers and my hat is off to those who own them and bring them to shows.

Charlie

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« Reply #4 on: December 31, 2008, 05:15:22 PM »
Here are some pictures of some other real antique machines.

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« Reply #5 on: January 04, 2009, 05:38:35 PM »
That Leader must be a pretty rare machine! I can't even recall of hearing of one of them much less seeing one. I never take pictures at shows anymore unless it is of something odd/unusual. It appears the show you were at had plenty of that!

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« Reply #6 on: January 06, 2009, 10:31:31 PM »
Thanks for looking, John.  That Leader is a very impressive machine.  They were built by Dayton Dowd Co. of Quincy Ill.  It is a 16-32 model with 5" bore, 6 1/2" stroke and running at 800 RPM.  They will built for 3 years, but I do not know which three.

Charlie

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« Reply #7 on: January 07, 2009, 05:57:27 PM »
Hey Charlie;
The Leader 16-32 tractor was built from 1920 to 1924 by Dayton-Dowd Company. They also made a C25-40  and a GU 16-32. The C25-40 was a half track and the GU16-32 was a full crawler tractor.
This information is in  "Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors" 1890 to 1960, and written by C.H. Wendel.

Krause Publications, 700 E. State Street, Iols, Wisc.  54990  http://www.krause.com
Phone 800-258-0929

I have gotten a lot of good info from this book.

Gene