He found it. He fixed it. And he walked away a winner.
Texas Farm Bureau member Matt Mahler was named the 2015 Grand Champion Competition Winner at the national Delo Tractor Restoration Competition held during the National FFA convention in Louisville, Kentucky.
The tractor Mahler restored was his fourth, and senior, project.
Mahler, now a student at Vernon Regional Junior College, shares his story with Tom Nicolette on the Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Radio Network: http://bit.ly/1OEa4u8.
Mahler is the son of Barry and Sheri Jo Mahler of Iowa Park.