BY JIM ALLEN

1976 DEUTZ D7209

Greg and Laenette Guilford’s ’76 Deutz D7206 looks well-kept and regularly used. Though the shade changed slightly over the years, green was the traditional Deutz color. The chassis color changed from a silver to a darker gunmetal around 1971. The orange wheels were traditional until near the end of 06 Series production when they changed to an argent silver.

The working end highlights the Cat II 3-point hitch (5,732 lbs. capacity) and the 540 rpm PTO. This one also has a swinging drawbar, which is listed as optional in some sales literature and as standard in others, so it might be a difference in the global markets or year model. Also shown in some promotional materials is an optional 7,275 lbs. capacity on the 3-point. It appears the Guilfords are running some plus-sized rubber on this D7206.

Though Deutz had been in business many years and had been selling industrial engines in the United States since the 1950s, it didn’t start importing Deutz tractors until 1966. As you might remember from the “Vintage Smoke” column in the November 2019 issue, Deutz, known at the time as Klöckner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD), was one of the founding fathers of diesel. The company was originally created by Nikolaus Otto, famous for perfecting the four-stroke Otto cycle.