I am retired from John Deeres, worked 35 years in the Waterloo engine plant, been retired about 8 years now. Have a rare nervious system disease called neurapathy which causes pain in my feet and hands but I can still get around, doped up on so much medicine that I can't feel my hands. Son helps when he can. Some interests include restoring old John Deere 2 cylinder tractors I have 12 restored and about 12 unrestored. Also collect old cars and trucks, I have 3 50's chevy trucks, 1 36 chevy 1 ton, 55 nash ramber, 49 ford, and a couple other cars and trucks, most are just stock or unrestored because I am working on the two I have up now.

Usually I just stay at home a work on the projects, but do make it out to car shows and the occasional swap meet. Go to a lot of tractor shows and take some of my nicer ones to a local one every year.

About 15 years ago I got the vehicle from a co-worker at the waterloo engine works, its engine was all apart in the trunk and the interior wasn't the best so I traded another car for it and took it home. As soon as I had it in the barn I pulled all the parts out of it, instead of putting the origonal flat head back in I found a rebuilt one in a 47 ford truck and put that in. After that I parked it in the barn for a good 6 years. About that time I got around to getting it out, it needed some work and a rebuild, rebuilt it again and cleaned it up a bit. Back in it went for another 3 years untill I decided that I would get it done now, had a freind do the paint and body, let the wife pick the color since I gave the car to her, first though it got the flat black primer, then the peach about a year later, the interior just got done towards the end of december of 07 and the paint was done int november of 07. Now I have been working on the other projects and plan to get to it a little later. Well thats the story for this one, many more to come. Forgot to mention I have a Bee Hive Oil filter for it, should I keep it off or put it on, what do you think?

Custom Dual exhaust
Custom Paint
Custom Interior
14" wire rims
Chrome tips
Acorn bolt covers
New tires

Not much more planned just finish it up and get it road worthy still has a few little loose ends but almost done.