In my opinion a paint job is not a restoration. How ever a paint job will raise the pride level of the owner/viewer. I would paint it as it was when it entered your family.I bought a new D17 in the summer of 1969 and spent many hours on it picking corn with a 602 mounted Ford Picker .I used it to plant with ,to do field work with. Putting up hay and corn silage.I and my help probably spent more hours on the D17 than all the other tractors on our farm combined.When I was getting ready for our liquidation sale I had the tractor cleaned up and painted and on the day of the sale several individuals commentesd that it would have been better if I had left it in it"s working clothes. They felt that a new paint job detracted from the value of the tractor.My comment is,none of these critical observers bought any thing at my sale. If you must paint it do it as you remember it was when a new tractor on your farm.
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Today's Featured Article - Restoration Story: Fordson Major - by Anthony West. George bought his Fordson Major from a an implement sale about 18 years ago for £200.00 (UK). There is no known history regarding its origins or what service it had done, but the following work was undertaken alone to bring it up to show standard. From the engine number, it was found that this Major was produced late 1946. It was almost complete but had various parts that would definitely need replacing.
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