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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
They did a great job on it. I'm sure the whole experience was a great character and skill builder for them. If they could rebuild those things and sell them for $10k they should go into business! What's next for them?
Was the John Deere L in the background a kid project too?
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They were all part of a program that gets high schoolers across the Country to find old tractors and restore them. Here its partially sponsored by Chevron and JB DeWar with help from our local high school auto program. Kids have to find a tractor, get sponsors/raise money and restore the tractor. Tractors are displayed and judged at the Mid-State Fair in Paso Robles CA. Some of these tractors take years to finish.
My son got accepted into Catapillar's Think Big Program. Went to school for two years with on the job training and is now working for a Cat dealer as a diesel tech. Cat paid for school, housing and tuition. His buddy is finishing up with the auto tech program at our local JC.