Posted by Bob Kerr on February 05, 2009 at 10:59:11 from (216.249.67.127):
In Reply to: Criterion posted by Wild Bill Caldwell on February 04, 2009 at 20:28:46:
I have messed with restored cars for years and at every show some guys are fussing over a speck of dust on a bolt head or compalining that the car next to them has one wrong bolt holding in the radiator and they miss out on any fun they could be having. Seen it a thousand times! Why all the fuss, just to get a crappy but shiny chunk of plastic that says #1 on the plate. One thing I like about going to tractor shows is NO TROPHYS and NO JUDGING!!! That will toast the hobby for a lot of people when they start doing that. I am not saying I don't appreicate some of the very nice restored high dollar tractors I see out there. It is nice to see that kind of work, but I also like to see the "old rusty never shedded crust bucket" out pulling a plow too even if it is burning oil. One thing that does bother me a bit is if someone just paints over the dirt, but who am I to say anything, it is not my tractor! Some people do that to keep them from rusting more if they don't have a good shed to put it in. I had a 10-20 a few years back that was very nicely restored fron the seat forward but I never painted the fenders or platform. I had a reason for that. I used the tractor to pull logs out of the woods and didn't want the new fenders to get scratched or smashed so I left the new fenders in the shop till I was ready to put them on. If anyone asked why it was like that I told them and they said I don't blame you! Thing is do your tractor the way you will be happy with it whether a trailer queen or a non restored ol gal in work clothes that runs good. If anyone is on a show board and someone wants to give out trophys PLEASE talk them out of it and have them go to a corvette show and watch those guys gripe and moan. It ain't pretty!
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