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jhill52 
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 10:46am |
This D-  21 belonged to Fred and Clare Abeel from Sandusky, Mi. The year was 1961 and the tractor was one day old.
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jhill52
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 10:47am |
Wish mom had told me to tuck my shirt tail in.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 11:04am |
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Thanks for the picture! Very cool, I am only 13 miles from sandusky.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 11:05am |
 jhill52 wrote:
Wish mom had told me to tuck my shirt tail in.
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She probably did. I would guess that was your least concern, as I am sure any red blooded-er-orange blooded American boy would have been pretty excited about the new powerhouse.
Great photo!
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 12:02pm |
Has to be no earlier than 1963 just so you know. D21 built from 1963-65 and D21 Series II from 1965-69
Great Pic!
Edited by Lonn - 20 Apr 2011 at 12:02pm
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 12:51pm |
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That is a cool pic! Thanks!
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 1:19pm |
I was very excited. They had it hitched to a new 7 bottom AC plow and I got to drive a nearly new D-15 too.
Don where do you live? I lve between Caro and Cass City. The Abeel farm was south of Sandusky on Brown Rd.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 1:25pm |
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Must be 63 then. I know they were new on the market.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 1:29pm |
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My Dad and I bought the D19 gas and 5 bottom plow they traded in on the D21. We are near Marlette, Mi.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 1:41pm |
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Thats interesting. I never knew what they had before that. The only other time I was there was earlier and they had a WD-45 they were putting a beet digger on.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 2:39pm |
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Very Cool makes me want a D21!
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 3:30pm |
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I had a pic taken the other day at church for the directory,, found out too late my fly was open,, At least your shirt looks cool.. I just look like a perv..LOL
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 5:38pm |
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"Old dogs, children, and a chrome grill that shines". Sounds like a courtry song. A GREAT picture.
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Posted: 20 Apr 2011 at 5:44pm |
jhill52 wrote:
I was very excited. They had it hitched to a new 7 bottom AC plow and I got to drive a nearly new D-15 too.
Don where do you live? I lve between Caro and Cass City. The Abeel farm was south of Sandusky on Brown Rd. |
North of marlette, south of the cass river.
Dang, I feel like there are orange neighbors I don't even know yet!! haha
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 6:25am |
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We also bought the beet harvestor they had and put it on our WD 45. Both deals were through Cork Implement in Sandusky, Mi. The beet harvestor was a one row Mar-beet(sp) that had the digger wheel on the right side between the front and back tire with a convevor that ran beside your right shoulder to a cart pulled behind the tractor.
Edited by Buster1 (Mi.) - 21 Apr 2011 at 6:37am
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Posted: 21 Apr 2011 at 2:47pm |
Thats the Beet harvester I remember. They also had 2 Gleaner combines. Did you know Abeels at all?
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:40am |
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I knew Clare by sight when I saw him at Cork's but no, not personally. We did talk to him about the D19 before we bought it. When the D21(what a big tractor at the time) and 7 bottom came in at Cork's he brought D19 and plow in. He had slat bottoms on the plow and wanted to keep them so they got 2 more and took the 5 he had off the 5 bottom and had his 7 . There fore we got new bottoms on the used plow. Bid deal back then having both a 5 and 7 bottom plow and tractors at the dealer at the same time. Both were trailor plows.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 6:50am |
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Whats most interesting, the pic, story, or the location? I live west of Peck.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 7:00am |
Buster1 (Mi.) wrote:
I knew Clare by sight when I saw him at Cork's but no, not personally. We did talk to him about the D19 before we bought it. When the D21(what a big tractor at the time) and 7 bottom came in at Cork's he brought D19 and plow in. He had slat bottoms on the plow and wanted to keep them so they got 2 more and took the 5 he had off the 5 bottom and had his 7 . There fore we got new bottoms on the used plow. Bid deal back then having both a 5 and 7 bottom plow and tractors at the dealer at the same time. Both were trailor plows. |
About that same time my uncle got a D17 & 4 bottom SC plow I can remember everyone watching them plow with that & a CA/2 & a JD B & 2btm trip plow on the creek bottom, big time back then...Harvey
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:41am |
My mom's family lived in Clinton, Mi. Abeels rented a farm near my grandparents for I think 1 year in the late 1930's. Then moved back to Sandusky. They and my grandparents became lifelong friends. My mom and Cliff the oldest son also became friends. He ran the Shell station in Port Sanilac. My family would spend Labor day at CLiff's. The reason we were at the farm was to bring my grandmother up to visit Fred and Mrs. Abeel at the farm for a week. They were very nice people
When Abeels lived in Clinton they and my Grandparents woulkd get together and play caeds all night only stopping because they had to go home and milk cows. LOL
Her's a picture of one of the Abeel boys working at Clinton.  |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:44am |
I rode over to where the Abeel farm was a few years ago and some of it looked pretty mucky. The day we were there Clare was welding the slats back together. He was doing some custom plowing and had hit some rocks and broken some slats.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 9:53am |
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The farm Abeels rented at CLinton would be real close to where another member CMS10200 lives.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 1:26pm |
Those are some great pics!!! Thanks for sharing.
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Posted: 22 Apr 2011 at 11:23pm |
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That is an awesome picture of an awesome tractor. Even though in black and white I think it has instantly become my favorite D-21 pic to date.
But no way could it have been only one day old when this picture was taken.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 11:29am |
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It may not have been i day old but it wasn't very old.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 2:26pm |
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jhilll52,
I've had second thoughts about both of our comments here. I think we are thinking in two different ways about this.
I was originally thinking strictly in terms of the D-21 being 1 day old right out of the factory. I have now realized that what you are most likely talking about is the D-21 being 1 day old since delivery to your farm. Sorry 'bout that.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 4:10pm |
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Thats quite alright. We were both correct from our point of view. It was till a great tractor. Wish I could find it.
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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 5:27pm |
Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing.
Is the second tractor an F 20?
Good Luck!
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Posted: 23 Apr 2011 at 7:57pm |
I don't know . It was well before my time.
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