WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — At Windmill Acres, tractors are more than machines. For collector Wesley Fishel, they are pieces of American history.
Fishel grew up around tractors and, like his father and grandfather, began collecting them at an early age. He bought his first Cub Cadet when he was just 8 years old.
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Today, the family’s collection includes numerous models from the Cub Cadet line, which is a small tractor series first introduced in 1960 by International Harvester.
Many of the tractors maintain the brand’s traditional yellow-and-white color scheme, but one model in particular stands out: a patriotic tractor produced for the nation’s bicentennial.
In 1976, during celebrations marking 200 years since the signing of the Declaration of Independence, International Harvester produced a special-edition Cub Cadet known as the Spirit of ’76. The tractor featured a cream-colored fiberglass hood with red, white and blue striping…