September/October 2026 Antique Power
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cover feature | 1973 Allis-Chalmers 200
The September/October 2026 issue of Antique Power magazine is available in our gift shop and will be available in subscriber mailboxes and on newsstands soon. Freddie Neely’s 1973 Allis-Chalmers 200 is this issue’s cover tractor!
A Protest for Parity
Freddie Neely’s 1973 Allis-Chalmers 200 is one of thousands of tractors that brought the plight of farmers to America’s attention!
Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Brad Bowling
“Farmers aren’t protesters. They aren’t picketers, either. But they do speak their minds when the need arises.”
Those three short sentences begin The Georgia Farmers’ Strike: The American Agricultural Movement vs. Jimmy Carter, a book by Lee Lancaster that gives the full story of the late-1970s farming protests that eventually sent thousands of tractors to Washington, D.C. Lancaster’s is the only published account of the movement in Georgia (the starting and current location of our featured tractor), its participants, and how farmers drove machinery meant for the fields to the nation’s capital to gain exposure for their plight.
Farmer strikes to draw attention to economic problems in the system are nothing new, with such protests occurring in the Midwest as far back as the Depression-era 1930s. French farmers have been regularly using tractor blockades since the 1960s to make the public aware of needs for economic reform.
Our featured Allis-Chalmers 200—a popular row crop machine in its day—played a role in the unprecedented series of protests that pitted farmers nationwide against the government generally and U.S. President Jimmy Carter specifically.
Birth of the American Agriculture Movement
Over several decades, decisions by presidents, lawmakers, secretaries of agriculture, and Federal Reserve Board chairs of both major political parties—not to mention a series of fuel shortages and runaway inflation—led to the financial crises that were crippling America’s farm families in the late 1970s.
To read the full story, pick up a copy of the September/October 2026 issue of Antique Power magazine!
Other articles in this issue include:
From the Editor
Letters to the Editor
The Canada Connection: Horsepower and Beyond
Western Canada’s Tractor Revolution after 1925Photos from the Attic
Paper Farming: Five Functional Accessories Featuring Fordsons
Dr. Dan’s Tractor Clinic: Know Before You Buy
Track and undercarriage conditions can make or break a classic crawler!The Loud Linn
Mario Turcotte searched high and low to find his 1928 Linn tractor!
Story by Madison Nickel, Photos by Mario TurcotteA Protest for Parity
Freddie Neely’s 1973 Allis-Chalmers 200 is one of thousands of tractors that brought the plight of farmers to America’s attention!
Story by Jim Volgarino, Photos by Brad BowlingThe Ederville Gas Tractor Brain Trust
Or “How a group of enthusiasts brought a Reeves 40-65 back to life in Carthage, North Carolina”
Story by Mark Schleppi, Photos by Mark Schleppi or team membersThe Family Patent
This is the story behind Clarence Heide and the McCormick-Deering “tractor guard.”
By Chad ElmoreClassifieds
Show Guide
Tech Tips: Safe, Stable Support
Of Grease & Chaff: 1957 Farmall Cub
A labor of love?Gallery: Photo by Kelly Dellinger
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