Online Catalogue last updated 17th of November 2009
To many people, the name John Deere is synonymous with farm tractors. The big, green machines are popular all over the country, and especially beloved are the two-cylinder, general-purpose models known as "Johnny Poppers" for the distinctive "pop-pop" of their engines.
John Deere GP Tractors: A History in Pictures is the story of John Deere, the man, and the history and development of the company's general-purpose tractors. Included are all of the early developmental models, the Waterloo Boy, Models D, C, GP, A, B, G, H, and M, the numbered series, and the "utility" tractors of the 1940s and 1950s.
Over 120 colour and black and white photographs illustrate the history of the General Purpose tractor from the first experimental Melvin tractor of 1912 to 1959's Model 435 diesel, the last new two-cylinder general-purpose model.
Code No. 011324, 128 pages, ISBN 0760323445, $20.00