There is a lot of specialization in agriculture with sides of this or that, that may be unique to the farm or area, but is important to the operation as a whole. Look at the high crops, or offsets, factory, but modified to suit a purpose.
I like seeing a factory original, to learn what it was like off the assembly line, they have their place too, but given the purpose of this equipment its hard to be a purist unless its just for show, and even then just like old cars, people get nuts about it, correctness, restored, cosmetically or overhauled from a complete diss-assembly, with the age and OEM parts being not so available even those are not "pure" LOL, but look good and give a spectator an honest or as close can be representation of what it looked like new, paint and finishes are often times better, and it does look nice, I like both, nicely done restore or overhaul, and a complete original in nice shape still working or just a secondary tractor.
In earth moving, there was a Cat dealer, Peterson, who did all kinds of modifications for specific purposes, somewhere in CA. and is a great story to read, he did work with Caterpillar on some things, but was a leader in custom built equipment, per a contractors specialized needs, likely to increase production and profitability, those machines do have unique character and it does not take away from the strong reputation of the OEM manufacturer, just enhances it, same with ag equipment, I think its safe to say, enjoy all of it for what it is, original, or custom built for a need, its all good and certainly all of it was better than hand labor as modern times evolved.
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