Back When - 1936 John Deere D

The John Deere D had a long manufacturing run of 30 years from 1924-1953. The D model was built at John Deere’s Waterloo, Iowa facility and is equipped with a 2-cylinder engine with a 6.75 x 7.00 bore and stroke. Of the nearly 200,000 units sold, many are still in use today and are very popular with collectors and restorers.

The pictured 1936 John Deere D tractor is owned by the Blaes’ family and resides in Kansas. Leo Blaes purchased this tractor new in 1936 for $900. This D has been featured in antique farm tractor magazines and on the RFD TV’s “Max Armstrong’s Tractor Shed” in March of 2010. 

Learn more abut this vintage tractor--and many more--in Iron Memories, Volume XI.