September/October 2022 Antique Power
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The September/October 2022 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. This issue features our 2022 Century Tractor. This year we chose Keith Kuhlengel’s 1922 Avery 14-28. text by Rick Mannen • photos by Al Rogers
“A Good-Sized Tractor”
From the Illinois plains to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania—
the journey of Keith Kuhlengel and his 1922 Avery 14-28
This 14-28 Avery Co. tractor is not the first tractor we have highlighted from Keith Kuhlengel’s collection. Another one was a 1952 Heinrich Lanz AG Model D 5506 Bulldog. That tells us something about the scope of Kuhlengel’s collection in terms of the variety of companies, models, and eras that garner his interest. Avery and Lanz do have something in common. They both used the Bulldog brand name.
As a practicing neurosurgeon and spinal cord injury specialist in Pennsylvania, his proper title is Dr. Kuhlengel. It might seem a stretch for a fellow to go from preforming delicate and life-saving surgery to operating on husky farm tractors, but not really. As he told Antique Power writer Robert Gabrick in an interview for the Lanz article, growing up on a farm instilled in him the desire to not cut corners.
“I pay attention to the smallest details to ensure a successful effort,” Kuhlengel told Gabrick. “Once you start a project, whether it is surgery or a tractor restoration, you complete it.” Indeed, in both operations, it is always about a strong work ethic and in “preserving and restoring function.”
Kuhlengel grew up on a farm near Trenton, Illinois, just east of St. Louis, and his attraction to tractors comes naturally. A great variety of farming around Trenton includes dairy, fruits and vegetables, and cash crops. His father Ralph was a farmer and a skilled tool and die maker in the aviation field.
Young Keith first learned to drive a tractor at age seven, and he bought his first antique tractor in 1988—a 1928 Advance-Rumely Thresher Co. Model X 25-40. That tractor was found near his old home farm in Trenton. Today, he lives and keeps his collection, which also includes model tractors and farm implements, on a 120-acre farm in Pennsylvania that was founded in the early 1800s.
To read the entirety of the 8-page cover feature of the 1922 Avery 14-28, pick up a copy of the September/October 2022 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
Under the Christmas Trees
The Hoover family’s 1935 McCormick-Deering T-20 TracTracTor has a rich history and will remain a family keepsake.
text by Tim Hoover • photos by Carrie Nickerson, unless notedCentury Tractor: “A Good-Sized Tractor”
From the Illinois plains to the rolling hills of Pennsylvania—the journey of Keith Kuhlengel and his 1922 Avery 14-28
text by Rick Mannen • photos by Al RogersWhen Horsepower Replaced Horse Power
A 1941 John Deere Model L was an enjoyable restoration project for Missouri collector Steve Kunz.
text by Robert Gabrick • photos by Brad BowlingTire Tearing Power!
Dale Cook was attracted to the 1965 Farmall Model 1206 for its power and its connection to a good friend and mentor.
text by Candace Brown • photos by Carrie NickersonFrom the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The Canada Connection
An All-Canadian Tractor!Photos from the Attic
Plowing Up the Past
Prairie FarmersThe Book Shed
Classifieds
Show Guide
Tech Tips
Off the RailsOf Grease & Chaff
Fall GuyGallery
photo by Bob Kisken
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