Minnie-Mo Steals the Show

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December 2003
Oscar H. Will III 
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The Lennox show wasn't all about farm machinery. Clint Stamm of Washington, Kan., displayed his 1944 Minneapolis-Moline Model NTX Jeep. This four-wheel-drive machine was built for the military during World War II as an aircraft tug. Other unusual equipment included Al's beautiful and rare 1958 Minneapolis-Moline 2-Star crawler. A couple of airport baggage cart tugs made by Minneapolis-Moline were also on hand, as well as an American Roadrunner rubber-tread pavement roller. The American Steel Works based in Kansas City, Mo., built the Roadrunner in 1957 using a Minneapolis-Moline 445 tractor as a power unit. The roller is owned by Gary Olson of Altamont, Mo. Like many mid-20th-century tractor companies, Minneapolis-Moline supplied power units to a number of manufacturers to power irrigation equipment, road graders, cranes and more.

From the golden straw left by the combines, the kernels of corn piled in wagons by the shellers, the wheat and oat grain elevated into trucks, to the gold paint on the tractors, the prairie indeed glowed with a familiar golden hue at Lennox. Those collectors who missed this year's show can find similar thrills at the 2004 Minneapolis-Moline show in Penfield, Ill., July 8-11, sponsored by the Illinois and Indiana Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Club. It's sure to be a golden opportunity to view some fine old iron.

- For more information about the Minneapolis-Moline antique farm show schedule, contact the club on the Web at www.minneapolismolinecollectors.org. For information about the South East South Dakota Urreshermens AssSociation write to P.O. Box 356, Lennox, SD 57039.

Oscar 'Hank' Will III is an old-iron collector and restorer who retired from farming in 1999 and from academia in 1996. He splits his time between his home in Whittier, Calif., and his farm in East Andover, N.H., and writes about the machines and people he meets in between. Write him at 13952 Summit Drive, Whittier, CA 90602; or call (562) 696-4024; or e-mail: owill@mail.whittier.edu



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