Note: This feature is in the August TT&C 2021 issue.
By Jim Livermore Note: This feature is in the August TT&C 2021 issue. By Jim Livermore Note: This feature is in the July TT&C 2021 issue.
By Larry LeMasters Note: This feature is in the July TT&C 2021 issue. Matt Schluckebier of Frankenmuth, Mich., loves Michigan. “Frankenmuth is known as ‘Michigan’s Little Bavaria,’” he said. “For me, it’s simply the best place on earth!” And Matt has deep roots in the community.
“I’m part of the fourth generation of our family to work the family farm,” he said. “My great-grandfather, Otto Schluckebier, founded the farm, and my grandpa, uncle and dad worked it. Dad, Jim Schluckebier, retired a few years ago.” The Schluckebier family farm consists of 2,700 prime Michigan acres, which, when Matt was a little boy, was considered a good-sized farm. “One of my cousins lives on the farm, but ownership is split among the family, with several cousins helping out in the spring and fall when help is needed,” he said. As the youngest in the family, Matt was trained to operate a hoe. “I hoed a lot of weeds,” he said. But when harvest season rolled around, he was allowed to climb aboard a tractor. “The first tractor I ever drove was a John Deere 4020, which is still my favorite farm tractor,” he said. It would be more of a surprise if Shawn Enge did NOT collect Bobcat models. Shawn is the grandson of Cy Keller, co-inventor of the world’s first compact loader which eventually led to today’s Bobcat company in Gwinner, N.D.
He has gathered about 100 Bobcat models in his collection, including nearly every skidsteer and compact track loader model ever made. By Jim Livermore Note: This feature is in the June TT&C 2021 issue. By Jim Livermore Note: This feature is in the May TT&C 2021 issue.
Stew Reed DOUG MUSEY MICHAEL ALAMORIAN MATT SCHLUCKEBIER ROSS LINGLE AMOS VANDERHOFF JR. JOE VANKO ROBERT DENEEN By Fred Hendricks Note: This feature is in the April TT&C 2021 issue. By Jim Livermore Note: This feature is in the March TT&C 2021 issue.
By Fred Hendricks Note: This feature is in the March TT&C 2021 issue. These detailed replicas were made by Hot Wheels in association with the company’s newsletter that was published at one time. The 1956 Ford Newsletter panel trucks are 1/64 scale. They were all made from a 2004 casting with a different variation over several year.
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