On Friday, May 29th, we had the pleasure of hosting several visitors from New Zealand.
From Left: Don, Malcolm, Derek, and Paul
These guys have purchased parts from us in the past from our distributor in New Zealand, Andrew Lusty. The guys were in the US to attend several tractor shows and antique festivals. With any luck, they’ll be able to catch a car show or 2 also as they are all aficionados of the Model A Ford Cars. Dave Steiner is also a collector of Model A’s and he was able to meet with them earlier in the afternoon and share stories and some information on parts.
According to Paul’s business card he has some really neat antiques including a 1940 Ford 9N Industrial and a 1928 Model ‘A’ Tractor. Derek sells Model A parts in New Zealand and Malcolm is in the North Island Model A Ford Club. All of these guys were having a lot of fun and seemed to be really enjoying their trip. We were pleased to be able to meet them and spend a few minutes showing them our store and operation.
It was nice to hear some stories about Andy and about New Zealand. Andy Lusty has been selling our parts since the very early days of Steiner Tractor Parts. He was here for a visit quite some time ago, but he hasn’t made it our way recently. It certainly was nice of him to send his friends. We really enjoy opportunities to meet with our customers from afar or nearby. The guys were headed to Midland, Michigan to an Antiques Show in that area for the weekend. I hope they had a nice time. Hopefully they will be able to swing back through on their way to the airport. We can hear all about their travels in the Midwest.
If you are an antique tractor enthusiast and are planning a vacation to New Zealand, send me an email; perhaps I can connect you with Andrew Lusty and you will be able to see some tractors while you are there.
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