[AT] Tractor Restoration On Front Page Of Wall Street Journal

Larry & Barb Dotson dotson at loganrec.com
Thu Jan 4 06:14:02 PST 2007


Charlie,
My son sent his christmas cards with pictures of his new baby on the stamp.
I am sure it can be a tractor picture as well.
Larry Dotson
----- Original Message -----
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at suddenlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Tractor Restoration On Front Page Of Wall Street Journal


> Chuck the PO loves to sell stamps.  I bet if they were approached they
would
> produce brand specific tractor stamps.  Maybe an AC WD45, JD R, Oliver 70,
> ect.
>
> Also there is a way now to make your own stamps with your own photos.
Lynn
> is trying to figure it out now to do a stamp with a family photo on it.
> When she does I'll get her to show me how and let the list know.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Bealke" <bealke at airmail.net>
> To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:37 AM
> Subject: [AT] Tractor Restoration On Front Page Of Wall Street Journal
>
>
> Folks,
>
> As the New York Times did several years ago, the Wall Street Journal
> has finally acknowledged the world of tractor restoration. But this time
we
> got
> front page coverage. In the Jan 3, 2007 edition of the WSJ, there is a
nice
> article
> about Mr. Kristin Gall, a farmer from Ethel, Mo., who searched out and
> restored
> his grandfather's Farmall 1206. It even has before and after photos of the
> restoration and mentions a separate JD tractor resurrection and the Red
> Power
> Roundup. In case you subscribe to the WSJ online, it can be found at
>
> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB116779347247365603.html?mod=hps_us_pageone
>
> There is also a '57 picture of three Gall gents astride their new Farmall
> 450, and
> the photo looked familiar. Perhaps I have seen it in a old Red Power or
> Antique
> Tractor issue.
>
> Now that Wall Street is on to us, it seems time to get the USPO to do a
> Classic
> American Tractors sheet of stamps. They recently did a nice one on US
> motorcycles,
> and they only have half the wheels and history. Do any of you know where
to
> get such
> a campaign started?
>
> Chuck Bealke
> www.plowsong.com
>
>
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