Dad got a John Deere LA for 75 bux about 1969.from a guy that liked to tractor jockey ,.. we did not know if it ran,we pulled a horse drawn 1 row cultivator thru all the tobacco , tomatos, potatoes ,sweet corn ,my youngwr brother and i cultivated bout 10 acres that way for about 5 yrs .sure was fun ,,.. ..couple yrs earlier before the toy deere , Pop bought from the same guy a STRONG, DC Case for 125,.that had nearly flat tires,. aired the tires up,changed the oil , gassed the ol Gent up, and i disced all spring with it,. i was wirey but small for my age and i would engage the hand clutch with my foot.This May ,there was a 300 Massey Ferguson combine way back up in the barn at auction ,i knew about this combine for 15 yrs .. auctioneer said machine was like new, BUT , motor was stuck ?, 3 tires flat , hadnt been moved for 25 yrs .He auctioned the combine to me while we stood 500 ft from the machine . i got it and 2 corn heads ..bought a new starter.spark plugs, cleaned points, reset the timing and put on a new fan belt. drove it within site of my driveway when the ailing main drive belt went flippitieflopity -flop -trashed nuthin . i guess i will earn this one in sweat equity.. i have along list of sweat equity finds,,.. the best one was in 1974 , rite after the 1st gas shortage ,Dad Bought a new F -250, and i told the salesman i was looking for a 67-69 Montego MX Fastback or Convertible or Cougar,. He Showed me a 69 MARQUIS that was triple black. said he traded for it a couple weeks ago from a dentist in KY , their clean up man was recovering from a bad wreck and the boss wanted the BIG Marquis gone,saidit lookt bad tohave gas guzlers sittin on the lot .it was as dirty as my truk is now , i got it for 6 Ben Franklins. 68,000 original miles ,the top and power windows worked perfect,.that fine lady has gone over 300,000 miles with me in the last 43 yrs .
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