Unsuspecting Customer Buys Rare Cockshutt Tractor

By Bill Vossler
Published on January 3, 2013
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Henry at the wheel of his 1957 Cockshutt Golden Arrow when it was still a working tractor — before he knew of its real value.
Henry at the wheel of his 1957 Cockshutt Golden Arrow when it was still a working tractor — before he knew of its real value.
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Henry with his buddies during a spring 2007 meeting of the Cockshutt Club (left to right): Gary Rasmussen, who helped Henry with restoration projects; Henry; Bill Cockshutt, a member of the Cockshutt family; and Cockshutt collector Rodger Zupon.
Henry with his buddies during a spring 2007 meeting of the Cockshutt Club (left to right): Gary Rasmussen, who helped Henry with restoration projects; Henry; Bill Cockshutt, a member of the Cockshutt family; and Cockshutt collector Rodger Zupon.
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Henry’s 1957 Cockshutt Golden Arrow after restoration.
Henry’s 1957 Cockshutt Golden Arrow after restoration.
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At shows, Henry hauls his horse-drawn, 1-bottom Cockshutt No. 17A plow in his Model T Ford pickup replica. Henry restored the plow, which dates to the 1890s.
At shows, Henry hauls his horse-drawn, 1-bottom Cockshutt No. 17A plow in his Model T Ford pickup replica. Henry restored the plow, which dates to the 1890s.

After living in Chicago for 23 years, Henry and Margaret Hummelbeck bought
a hobby farm near Mauston, Wis. “The ‘hobby’ part was hunting whitetail
deer,” Henry says. “That was the closest we could find to Chicago, and it was 220 miles away.”

The Hummelbecks initially
used the old farmhouse as a summerhouse. Eventually, needing a tractor to clear
the driveway in the winter, Henry visited a local implement dealer, only to

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