This reminds me: back when I was a kid Dad had an old John Deere AR sandblasted and then he painted it. After he was done he cut down an old Simplex pull behind blade, welded up a mounting frame for it, and stuck it on the front of the AR. He used it for pushing snow in front of our service station. He still has it and said I could have it but I recall it has a cracked head so would like to get that fixed if possible. In order to start it with the cracked head he would have to take the sparkplug out and get it glowing red with a propane torch before she would pop off. Once it was running she purred as well as any of the old Popping Johnnies ever did.

I would love to get her rolling again and use it in local parades.