I swear its the last one honey, I promise...

I dont know what it is about old stuff, wanting to bring it back. Lord knows we never get our money back out of it, but who cares. Just trying to preserve a little tradition and history I guess.

Or is it the first time you fire up whatever you just finished, get the first few puffs of smoke in your face and the wind and smells and sounds knowing full well you can have the utmost in confidence in your machine because you have returned it to its former glory. I guess its just good Ole American Pride.

This is my 4th tractor, I've done, 4 houses, 7 cars, 2 airplanes, 3 boats, and who knows what else. Seems like I can fix everything except for the problem I have with wanting to fix everything. She'll be real nice when shes done though.

scott#2

• Picked to the bone

Here's a picture of 90% of my grandfather's '47 2N ford tractor. The only things not visible in the picture are the wheels (up against the wall to the right) and the engine (at the machine shop). The transmission guts are in a cardboard box on the floor and some parts are in the solvent tank. This is my "picked to the bone" picture! You've definately got me beat on volume, though! I'm only 25 so i've still got some years to catch up to ya!

Oh yeah, all of my tools that I had available at the time are also shown in the picture with the exception of one floor jack and a borrowed engine hoist. I took the engine to the machine shop in the trunk of my ford Taurus sedan! Tractors. They get to ya and get in deep!

Jeb

scott

scott#2