Featuring a wide-up 'McCormick 1020 international' tractor engine and an interesting collection of steering wheels, a real showpiece.

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The front wheels were removed and the grader attached by the 'Boothmac' engineers of Christchurch NZ, in approximately 1935.

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The graders first mission was at Oxford in North Canterbury. In the late 1960's the Grader was purchased by 'Mesopotamia Station' in Mid Canterbury to maintain their own farms.

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Towards the end of the 1980's, the grader ended up in Horata, about an hour or so out of Geraldine, to be restored by a gentleman that then left the country deserting the Grader in his Father's paddock, left to deal with the elements until 2008 when it was donated to the Museum.​

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In February of 2022 GVCMC member Jonny Gould then dedicated his time at the 'Tuesday Club' work day at the Museum to restoring this machine having "high hopes of getting it up and running."

 

Mid 2023, with a little help from his friends, Jonny got the weathered machine running, a real achievement.

So now for those steering wheels...