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My latest Ertl Precision John Deere. The '20 Series' Deere tractors (320, 420, 520, 620, 720 & 820) ran from 1956 to 1958. The updated '30 Series' ran from 1958 to 1961. During the turn-over, there were a few requests for the smaller tractor with the LP option; a tractor that ran on Liquified Petroleum Gas - propane. The requests also desired a Hi-Crop option. By 1959 they had just a handful of these requests but produced exactly 5 of them in the form of the 430LP, and in Hi-Crop configuration, making them super rare to this day.
Ertl's 'Two-Cylinder Club Expo XVIII - John Deere 430LP Hi-Crop Show Model':
JB....I'm hereby making you an honorary member of 4-H.









