RFD Vintage Country

This weekend on Vintage Country, Rita Frazer talks with Joel Buchanan of Jacksonville about the 40th Annual Community Park Car Show and Fall Cruise night coming up September 21 in Jacksonville.

Tractor ride honoring longtime Mercer County Fairgrounds caretaker and longtime implement dealer Spike Heck, who passed in Sept. of 2021.  Mercer County Fair Board member Barney Lloyd interviewed for segment. 

Tim Seifert, Auburn, and his 1968 856 International, it was on display at the Illinois State Fair along with other antiques that were gathered in an open lot amongst the livestock buildings. The tractor was bought to be restored as part of a class that Tim’s son Wes was taking while attending Parkland College.

Joel Gardner, Richland CFB past president on the RCFB Tractor Drive taking place this Saturday.  It  leaves Noble on Saturday morning. A $20 donation to local support Agriculture in the Classroom programming.

From Jim Taylor's archive.  A conversation with the Late Stephanie Braucht of Joy, Illinois. She tells the story of the old Shale City Brickyards in unincorporated Mercer County. Bricks from the location were used in the construction of Wrigley Field. 

Don Manahan of Towanda in McLean County. His dad purchased a 1957 John Deere 620 tractor when it was new, and the family has had it ever since.

Jim Fleming and Steam Threshing Days, August 2 & 3 at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center in Chesterville.

Bob Meyers shares the details of the 10th Anniversary DeKalb County Barn Tour.

From Historic Farm Days in Penfield, Gary Hafemeister, president of the J.I.Case Collector’s Association, which is having one of its national gatherings at the show this weekend. Gary has about 20 implements along with a great deal of memorabilia.  

Gary Cortright with the Western Illinois Model Train Club located in Viola, Illinois.

Jared Bridges, owner of Bridges Antiques near Macon, will host an antique tractor drive on July 6. While he is an avid collector of John Deere lettered tractors and JD memorabilia, the tractor drive is open to all makes and models.

This weekend on Vintage Country Cory Jobe, President & CEO of Great Rivers & Routes Tourism Bureau talks with RFD Radio’s Rita Frazer about the largest drive through shield in America at Country Classic Cars in Staunton, IL along Route 66.

Quintin Wuethrich of Roanoake and his John Deere A that’s been in the family for almost 80 years.

Bill McCleary in Macon County, he has a variety of tractors from the 1950s, John Deere, Allis Chalmers, Minneapolis Moline. He had them on display at Farming in the 50s event in Argenta this month.

Lee Johnson, near Elkhart. He has an Oliver Tractor that was built to go to Vietnam, but it never went there. Turns out Lee was expecting to go to Vietnam too, but he was sent to Alaska instead.

Owner Brandy Renshaw with an adaptive reuse project for an 1800’s property in Anna that is now home to eight businesses.

Most everyone who lived in the country spent hours on a school bus during their younger years, and if they were lucky, they had a bus driver who knew their name and cared about their safety and wellbeing. Betty Duggan drove a bus in Jersey county for years and even though she ran a tight ship her riders were motivated to be well behaved, and were rewarded with the radio playing a piece of bubble g...

Macon county farmer and proud farm bureau member, Dennis Barnard talks about his grandpa’s 1954 Chevy grain truck and the memories of their trips through the country enjoying farm life.

Charlie Meier, state representative of district 109, is a farmer who has quite a collection of antiques. He has several tractors that do a little work and run the parade routes, but he also has some other antiques on the farm, including an old John Deere manure spreader and a horse-drawn hearse last used in 1928.

Annawan native and WIU grad Beau Spencer Thompson just collected his one-millionth Chicago Cubs baseball card. He was honored last Friday at Wrigley Field by the Cubs and Topps Trading Cards.

Marshall County farmer, Brad Schumacher has many hobbies and interest. He has a gift for announcing at cattle shows and calling demo derbies around the state at county fairs.     He also has helped driven in derbies, and in this edition of Vintage Country talks about his favorite car he every built.  It’s a 1974 Oldsmobile station wagon.

Crawford County Model Railroaders with President Chuck McDonald

Zack Hinthorn in Minonk talks about his 1952 Ford tractor.