One of Joe Peeper’s prized possessions is the final model L to come off the Case assembly line in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1940. He and his six siblings grew up farming near Apache, Oklahoma, where his dad was a Case implement dealer. (Photo by Candace Krebs.)

Tractor restoration projects keep past alive on Oklahoma farm 

Joe Peeper gets a gleam in his eye whenever he sees the metal insignia of the American eagle that embellished every Case tractor in the early days.

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