RFD Vintage Country

Mark Stock Big Iron Auction Company talks with Rita Frazer about a 1970 Dodge Challenger that was on display at the 2023 Farm Progress Show. The Challenger will be auctioned off in October.

Whiteside County Fair Board Member Dan Heusinkveld tells the story of the round barn on the Whiteside County Fairgrounds, finished in 1920.

Rita Frazer visits with Terry Dyer from DeWitt County about his 1954 GMC 100.

Mark Jackson of Morgan County talks about the 4 Oliver tractors he has in honor of his 4 daughters.

Jim Taylor preview's the DeKalb County Barn Tour with Bob Myers of the DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association.

John Ackerman, Ackerman Family Farms, in Mortontalks about his classic 1970 Ford C 750 cab over.

Allen Hockett of Sidell, farms in both Champaign and Vermillion Counties. He has a few antiques on the farm, but there’s one in particular that holds value. It came to the farm the same year he did, back when he was born in 1963.

Brad Bickett, educator and coach and former high school hooper from tiny Ohio High School in Bureau County.

Russell Buhr, Flatville, at Historic Farm Days going on this weekend in Penfield. Russell is an encyclopedia of farm implements, regardless of make or model. He’s the activities director of the I & I Antique Tractor & Gas Engine Club, which puts on this weekend’s event.

Jim Taylor shares the story of the Ryan Round Barn in Kewanee. He talks with Steve Christian, Friends of the Sauk-Trail State Park.

DeLoss Jahnke talks with Mike Anderson of Abingdon with an Allis Chalmers from ’67 and also one from the 30s that he calls “my baby."

Jim Taylor shares the story of the New Boston carriage house titled Verdurette with JR DeLap, President of the Verdurette Trust.

Curt Shimmin near Monmouth with his own 1961 Allis-Chalmers tractors, and he organizes the tractor rides for the Maple City Antique Tractor Club Association, which is having a show this weekend in Galesburg.

“From first job to current job.” A full circle moment for Abby Reel of Congerville, owner and operator of Barn III Dinner Theatre and Event Center in Goodfield.

Josh Bolan in Ogle County owns four John Deere model H tractors. Those models were built in 1941. He’s also VP of Forreston FFA Alumni, which is hosting a tractor pull (including antiques) event during Leaf River Days.

Jim Taylor talks with 16 year old Carson VanBebber of Jacksonville, IL. He is honoring his grandfather's memory restoring a family heirloom.

Matt Wells of Morgan County talks about a very special car his wife, Christina, was driving when they met several years ago. The black-cherry 1986 SS Monte Carlo is the focus of this week’s edition of Vintage Country.

“Saved from the wrecking ball!” Floral Hall, built in 1882 at the Mercer County Fairgrounds in Aledo. Audio is with Mercer County Fair Board President Rita Williams.

This week on Vintage Country RFD’s Rita Frazer talks with Rich Guebert, President of the Illinois Farm Bureau, about and his 1976 Ford LN 9000 Road Tractor named ‘Lil Red’. Rich & his wife Nancy, also recall a car they owned as a young couple, a classic, 1966 Chevelle!

“Saying goodbye to an old friend”. The Reeverts’ dairy barn in Ogle County. Audio with Ryan Reeverts.

DeLoss Jahnke talks with Agco as they celebrate 100 years of the Gleaner combine.