I have "restored" a few tractors, restoration being whatever you each define it to be. My personal feeling is to make it as close to showroom new as practical. I don't fix it if it ain't broke, but I make darn sure it isn't going to break anytime soon. I am also a JD collector, grew up driving them, so I know I have a strike against me to start off. I think that to run down anyones machine doesn't do anything good for our hobby. Particularly so if it's a newer(notice I didn't say younger) less experienced collector. The only future we have is to maintain interest in this old stuff with the next generation, otherwise crush it and forget history. Besides most of the parts of a tractor that are not original were farmer mods that were intended to keep it running and usable on the farm. So they are part of history too, and a tribute to their ingenuity. For the record, I have tractors that are Expo quality and have been shown at Expo, and others that are somewhat less original. Many times I have had visitors with kids look at them and I've said "Do you want to sit on it?" or "Here, I'll show you how to start it." The look on a kids face is more important than any minor scratch in the paint. Sorry for the long post, just my rant for today!
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Today's Featured Article - Grain Threshing in the Early 40's - by Jerry D. Coleman. How many of you can sit there and say that you have plowed with a mule? Well I would say not many, but maybe a few. This story is about the day my Grandfather Brown (true name) decided along with my parents to purchase a new Ford tractor. It wasn't really new except to us. The year was about 1967 and my father found a good used Ford 601 tractor to use on the farm instead of "Bob", our old mule. Now my grandfather had had this mule since the mid 40's and he was getting some age on him. S
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