I really don't think you are moving up enough to justify the money you are about to spend. You are talking about moving up from tractors you know from the 1960s to buying tractors you don't know from the 1970s. The upside on added comfort is minimal while the downside in buying equipment that old leaves you open to some pretty big repair bills. I'd look at tractors from the late 1980s or mid 1990s (these are still 20 some years old) if you are truly wanting to step up in comfort HP and versitility.
While a 7045 is a pretty good tractor it's too easy to buy someone else's problem and keeping 30+ year old Air Conditioning and electrical systems working will be as much or more work than you face with your current equipment. My DIL has two of them, they keep running and getting the crap worked out of them but there's a reason he finally broke down and bought a 4455 JD to do most of his field work - it doesn't need an hour hour of tinkering for every 8 hours of operation.
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