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Dardanup Heritage Museum Show - 1st March 2009

These are pics from the Dardanup Heritage Museum Show, held on the 1st March 2009, at Dardanup, Western Australia. Dardanup is about 15 kms SE of Bunbury in Western Australia. The Show day was held to commemorate 60 years of Chamberlain Tractors, 100 years of Track-type "Caterpillar" tractors in Australia - and the efforts of the Museum Founder, Gary Brookes. Gary died suddenly several years ago and never saw his project come to fruition - but the museum is getting bigger and better every year, due to the efforts of Gary's sons, and a band of very capable volunteers.
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A nice selection of beautiful condition, McCormick-Deering TracTractors.
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A nice selection of beautiful condition, McCormick-Deering TracTractors.

 Here's a view looking in through the doorway of the International shed, showing 3 of the IH crawlers - a TD24 at front, a TD18 behind, and what I think is a TD35 or TD40 at rear.
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Here's a view looking in through the doorway of the International shed, showing 3 of the IH crawlers - a TD24 at front, a TD18 behind, and what I think is a TD35 or TD40 at rear.

 Just a part of the impressive collection of restored International, and McCormick-Deering tractors in the International shed.
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Just a part of the impressive collection of restored International, and McCormick-Deering tractors in the International shed.

 This is an Italian Vender tractor of the early 1950's. It's in amazingly good condition, and obviously hasn't done a lot of work. I guess you wouldn't want to wear it out - Vender disappeared as a crawler manufacturing company in 1962 - and any parts you needed nowadays, you'd have to make. Vender commenced production of crawler tractors during WW2, was later nationalised as a Italian Govt-owned business - but ceased production in 1962 after incurring heavy losses due to poor management, poor quality products, and poor sales. They had some wonderful tractor model names such as Vender Destroyer, Vender Champion, and Vender Bully. Unfortunately, their products never lived up to their wonderful names. The engines were Venders own design, and you'll also probably notice the twin-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, starting engine, a-la Caterpillar.
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This is an Italian Vender tractor of the early 1950's. It's in amazingly good condition, and obviously hasn't done a lot of work. I guess you wouldn't want to wear it out - Vender disappeared as a crawler manufacturing company in 1962 - and any parts you needed nowadays, you'd have to make. Vender commenced production of crawler tractors during WW2, was later nationalised as a Italian Govt-owned business - but ceased production in 1962 after incurring heavy losses due to poor management, poor quality products, and poor sales. They had some wonderful tractor model names such as Vender "Destroyer", Vender "Champion", and Vender "Bully". Unfortunately, their products never lived up to their wonderful names. The engines were Venders own design, and you'll also probably notice the twin-cylinder, horizontally-opposed, starting engine, a-la Caterpillar.
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