1949 John Deere A

Cover tractor for Fastline Indiana edition.

Tractor of the month owned by Jeremy Hopf, Celestine, Ind. This tractor was restored by Jeremy Hopf, Jeff “Woody” Bieker, Jeff Sander and Clinton Schmidt.
Jeremy’s grandfather, Ambrose Hopf, bought this tractor in the early 1950s to pick corn, cultivate crops and plow the fields on his farm. The John Deere was restored in memory of Ambrose and Dan Hopf. The restoration project took more than 10 years to complete.
Learn more in the Fastline digital edition.

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