1951 Case VAC-12 Vintage Tractor Restoration | Cooper M. 2023 Chevron TRC Entry

We actually purchased this tractor to be a parts tractor for the 1953 Case that I restored in 2021, but as soon as we got down there to pick it up, we realized that this tractor was in better shape on the outside than the 53’, so we decided that we just couldn't part it out. We purchased it from Gary Watson in Grand Prairie, TX. This tractor had been in his family since it came off the assembly line. His Uncle Charlie Gee purchased the tractor new in 1951 or 1952. The tractor stayed on his farm in Grandbury TX. until the early 1960’s when his son Twitzel Bell Gee drove the tractor from Grandbury to his farm which they called “The Bush” in Webb Texas. (That’s a 70-mile drive) It was used there until sometime in the 1980’s then it was parked in a barn for a little over 30 years, until Gary received it. He kept it for about 3 years before we purchased it.