Wahoo!
We bought a little land a few months ago, and now I've found the tractor. Deeeeelightfull!It's a pretty nice 8N. Didn't check the serial number, but it's clearly a later model. The owner says it's a 53, but I thought they ended in 52. It's got a second gearbox with the bent lever. I didn't try yanking it out of the transmission to see if it was an over under, but I can have hopes! What a wonderfull machine. It's got a front end loader, new tires, sludgy gear oil, a tight front end, a broken pto, good paint, a nasty carburetor, very little rust and best of all... it wouldn't start! Perfect!!! It's going to be running before I take it home, probably. My wife will shoot me if I bring home another broken toy I paid money for. I really wanted cheaper, but I've been forced to readjust my thinking on finding a real real cheap tractor hiding in the woods that I could get for nothing and wouldn't cost me much to fix. S I have rationalized paying $1800 for this one. Arg, how many more hours until Saturday? :-)
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