You hit on a very good point Hugh. I personally put more value on a good ,original, low houred machine than a well used one with a restoration.I bought a 1958 Farmall 240 in 2003 from original owners son that had 525 hours on a working tach and I surely believed the hours when I saw the tractor and heard the story.It sat unsold at a dealership until dealer went out of business in 1970.The son said his dad was VP of a large baking company and for next 30 years it did nothing but push snow with a ,get this, 2001 loader. Loader way too big for that little tractor. Also plowed,cultivated his garden with it but that was it. It still had the round guard around the PTO that came from factory,so I assume was never used.Original tires, silver fabric seat like new yet and even battery cover which you hardly ever see on 240`s,everything nice and tight. I bought for $3850 tractor,2001 loader,#259 2 pt. cultivator (also like new) and tire chains. Took loader off immediately and took tractor to a Red Power show in Iowa. A guy at the show from Texas offered me $6500 for it.Probably shoulda taken it ,but just couldn`t. Friend of mine thought I was nuts,but I told him you just don`t find them like that.
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Today's Featured Article - The Cletrac General GG and the BF Avery A - A Bit of History - by Mike Ballash. This article is a summary of what I have gathered up from various sources on the Gletrac General GG and the B. F. Avery model A tractors. I am quite sure that most of it is accurate. The General GG was made by the Cleveland Tractor Company (Cletrac) of Cleveland, Ohio. Originally the company was called the Cleveland Motor Plow Company which began in 1912, then the Cleveland Tractor Company (1917) and finally Cletrac.
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