”Pappy” made its debut at the Chico Threshing Bee & Country Faire.

It’d been two years of hard work. We learned a lot and we’ve completed a handsome restoration that we are proud of. Paul Bonderson’s “Pappy,” a 1917 J. I. Case Traction Engine was steamed-up and running in Chico, CA. We spent a good deal of time threshing, running the Baker Fan and lumbering around in tractor parades. Pappy came on like the majestic woolly mammoth, mere gasoline powered so called vintage John Deere lawnmowers cowered before it! Hyperbole aside, we were welcomed by so many at this event, we met a ton of new people and had a great time.