Tractor Restoration Yields Rewards for Texas Teens

By Farm Collector Staff
Published on July 1, 2005
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Opposite page: Horizons have broadened immeasurably for members of a west Texas FFA chapter. They’ve trekked to competitions in Texas and Kentucky, and some members of the chapter visited Orlando, Fla., as a bonus prize from ChevronTexaco. “This allowed us to see the ocean,” says Cody Heath. Team members present at the Louisville, Tenn., competition (left to right): Heath Reeves, Jessica Caswell, Cody Heath, Julie Heath, Nikki Edwards, Brenda Marquez, Brittany Swoap, Jesse Masters, Amy Davis and Jennifer Heath.
Opposite page: Horizons have broadened immeasurably for members of a west Texas FFA chapter. They’ve trekked to competitions in Texas and Kentucky, and some members of the chapter visited Orlando, Fla., as a bonus prize from ChevronTexaco. “This allowed us to see the ocean,” says Cody Heath. Team members present at the Louisville, Tenn., competition (left to right): Heath Reeves, Jessica Caswell, Cody Heath, Julie Heath, Nikki Edwards, Brenda Marquez, Brittany Swoap, Jesse Masters, Amy Davis and Jennifer Heath.
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Above: The Cotton Center FFA project tractor, before restoration. Team member Julie Heath says restoration of the tractor’s copper oil lines was the biggest mechanical challenge. Her brother, Cody, who was among those working on the lines, agrees. “That was like a big maze,” he says.Below: The Cotton Center tractor after restoration. The team received a letter of congratulations from Texas State Representative Pete Laney.
Above: The Cotton Center FFA project tractor, before restoration. Team member Julie Heath says restoration of the tractor’s copper oil lines was the biggest mechanical challenge. Her brother, Cody, who was among those working on the lines, agrees. “That was like a big maze,” he says.Below: The Cotton Center tractor after restoration. The team received a letter of congratulations from Texas State Representative Pete Laney.

A tradition is building in a small west Texas
town, and it has nothing to do with either Friday night football or
oil fields. Thanks to the hard work of a local high school’s FFA
chapter, Cotton Center, Texas, is fast gaining a reputation as a
center of excellence in antique tractor restoration. The Cotton
Center FFA chapter routinely places in the annual ChevronTexaco

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