I am in Nova Scotia, Canada. I have a bit of a theory about tractors in these parts that being that most of the farms here are small and fairly poor (or at least they were) and we have very few pre-WW2 tractors in this part of the world. Most of the older tractors around here are from the early forties and the following 15 years. Not many hundred series, fifty series, or sixty series though. It seems that most of the tractors were made to serve long past their normal working life and were often fixed in the cheapest way. Also most tractors here saw double duty on the farm and in the woods so straight sheet metal is almost non-existant. Add to that a very damp climate with frequent temperature swings and stuff gets rusty in a hurry.
I have a center section from a 300 utility in the yard and at some point the starter must have hung up, someone took a drill and drilled a series of holes in a square about 3" big. They then smashed out the chunk of casting in the middle, put a piece of aluminum plate over it, and several coats of blue paint over the whole tractor, didn't find that until it got home. The last Super M I had when the clutch started to go south and wouldn't release properly they cut the adjuster rod and welded a bolt into the middle until the fingers wore off the clutch, the throwout bearing broke its carrier tube, and the tractor would go no further.
Abused tractors are the norm around here, sometimes they're easy to spot, sometimes they hide a little better and I've been bitten before. I don't have any objections to that tractor (I think it'd look great in the shed) but just want to make sure I don't overlook something because it appears to be in good shape. Thanks, Sam
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