1970s Avenger Photo search November 25, 2013 03:00AM
I have been looking for photos of my dad at tractor pulls. No success, hoping someone here can help.
Don (or Donald) Neukomm pulled in the mid 70s, the tractor was gold and called the Avenger. He was at 1975 Illinois State Fair. Also pulled in Indiana and Kentucky.
He only has one photo of the tractor :-(
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 08:26AM
May have some in old trunk that I need to look through and scan. I do remember him with single engine and later a twin engine Hot Rod that he sold to someone in Monmouth, Il. He was from Northeastern Illinois, not to far South of Chicago right?
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 08:36AM
That would be fantastic! I'm not sure who it was sold to. Winner's Circle sponsored him. Most of our family is still just about an hour and half south of Chicago so you are remembering correctly ;-)
I would so love to surprise him with a Christmas gift with a photo of it on it.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 08:44AM
Cissna Park, Illinois. I knew I would think of it. I will see what I can find.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 09:03AM
That's my dad.
I will be thrilled if you find some pictures!
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 11:50AM
being from Illinois you might try photo joe,he always said he had a picture of every tractor he seen go down the track....
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 03:15PM
Sorry for the small size and poor quality. Hope this helps some.


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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 26, 2013 08:40PM
Do you know where the last picture was taken. Looks like Mercer Co. Fair grounds in Aledo Il. Thanks I love the old pictures.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 12:37AM
I am from Western Illinois. May have been Jerseyville, Illinois but not sure.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 12:45AM
thanks.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 11:14AM
That picture sure looks like it could've been at Rushville, IL. Compare it to this one taken by Rodney Crum's assistant in 2011 for reference:




The wooden box seat chairs are the same, the grandstand downspouts, & the angle of the shadows. The trees are different, but that can be expected in 35 years.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 11:26PM
A bunch of grandstands at county fairgrounds in IL. must have been built using same plans. Looks just like Mercer County. Does any one have pictures of John McManus from Taylor Ridge
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 28, 2013 02:07AM
It could have been Rushville. That was in my driving distance.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 11:33AM
Could the picture be from Bethany, MO.?
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 02:22PM
Fantastic pictures....Would love to see more pictures from that old trunk..
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 28, 2013 02:12AM
I need to get more scanned. Camera quality was not so good those days. Attended a lot of pulls with no camera???? Wish I had more pictures but in those days I spent more time swinging weights or watching track conditions.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 01:10AM
I thought I remembered his tractor being named "GoldenRod". Maybe I'm thinking of someone else. Tough tractor in it's day. Saw him put a whoopin' on a pretty good class in Golden, Il. many years ago.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 01:31AM
My mom said the name Avenger was on it, but never really stuck so maybe it had another nickname.
These are great and I would love to find more.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 05:23AM
The stand out memory I have of Don was the Illinois State Fair. Not sure what weight class. They were pulling on the grandstand side. Anyone that has ever been to a pull there knows what that track was like, no one could hold their tractors from pulling right toward the grandstand. Midway through the class Don spotted the sled up next to the grandstand and make a picture perfect pull straight down track for the winning distance. No one else could duplicate his example. I will "never forget" that ability to read the track and make your tractor fit the conditions.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 01:34AM
I remember Don Neukomm coming to the pull at Sullivan Indiana for several years in a row back in the early to mid 70's. The photos posted remind me of his tractor, but I thought in the years I saw him pull (including some pulls in Illinois) he had a blown and Hilborn injected (old four port with a 14" air cleaner and dual filters attached) 482 Chevy. I could be wrong as it's been close to 40 years ago now. I hope there are some more photos out there, I love seeing these old photos of early modifieds. It takes me back to the time when pulling was fun and practically anyone could afford to.

Charlie



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/27/2013 01:35AM by One Sick Puppy.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 27, 2013 05:07AM
The man from Monmouth, Illinois that bought the tractor from Don Neukomm named it Goldenrod.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 28, 2013 01:47AM
Did Lonnie Frieden buy it?
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search November 28, 2013 02:05AM
Yes, I think you are right. His previous tractor, an F-30, had Lonnie's Texico on it.
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Re: 1970s Avenger Photo search February 15, 2015 07:45AM
Larry Mitchell(Cameron, IL) bought the tractor and named it Goldenrod. He still has the frame on his farm. He pulled tractors with Lonnie Frieden. Lonnie had Super Rat and Larry had Miss Super Rat, Goldenrod and Silver Streak.
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