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Ron Harmon, the owner of Big Equippment Company, from left, holds an commemorative T-shirt presented to him by Burnie Inman and Mark Weston in gratitude for his sponsorship of the Everything Antique show and for the Big Bud 747 tractor that will be on display.
The seventh annual North Central Montana Everything Antique Show featuring the Big Bud 747 tractor will open its doors Friday at the Great Northern Fairground.
Charlie Inman, one of the organizers of the event, said they pick a feature every year, and this year, they decided to feature Big Bud in celebration of its 45th anniversary.
The tractor was custom-built by Havre's Northern Manufacturing Co. in 1977 and holds the record for being the biggest tractor in the world.
The show will also exhibit antique tractors, stationary and model engines, antique toys and kitchenware and classic and antique cars.
Charlie and Burnie Inman and Mark Weston were the main organizers of the first antique show seven years ago and they still play a major part in the annual event.
Weston said the show brings people from all around Montana and the surrounding areas. He will be showing some of his own antique farm equipment at the show as well.
In the Merchants' Building, people are invited to bring their antique collections to show and sell to the attendees.
"Bring them up and show them, so other people can enjoy them," Inman said. " ... It sounds like this year, we're going to have a lot of displays inside."
Inman said around 10 to 20 classic and antique cars are brought to the fairgrounds, but the number always depends on who shows up.
The event begins Friday at 10 a.m. and lasts until 5 p.m. It will continue Saturday from 8 a.m to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Rolling Relics Parade will start at 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
"We just parade around the fairgrounds, around the midway area," Charlie Inman said. "Old tractors, antique cars - anything that's antique will be allowed in it. Anything that rolls. We've had horse and buggies before."
There will also be a threshing demonstration at 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. A blacksmith demonstration is tentatively scheduled for Sunday at 11 a.m.
4-H will be serving food at the event, just as they have at every show since the event began.
Admission to the show is free.
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