I started messing around with old tractors in 1976 at age 13. Not many were restoring and collecting back then. Hard to get anyone to answer questions and take me seriously. Local dealer was the only place to ask advice and they were not wanting to offer any for free. They just wanted to have you bring it in and charge you for it. I got my hands on any service manual I could and read it. With the internet now it is easier than ever before to find advice and parts. Sure there are plenty of a holes. World is full of them ! I was able to finance many of my restorations by picking up several parts tractors. Saved me lots of money by having my own parts source and selling off to others. Seems like so many now are equipment jockeys just buying and selling because there can be good money in that. I've done my share of this too , but more in the past as good deals do seem far and few between now. I tried to help out a young guy get his own tractor. I checked it all out to make sure he did not get a piece of junk and let him have it at a real good price. I had thought he was going to take it to the next level and repaint it. Turned out he just soon traded it off on another that was a worn out piece of junk. Didn't really feel like doing too many more good deeds after that. You still can learn a lot from just tearing a tractor down. Might even not be a total loss if you can find some good used parts or a parts tractor or end up parting it out ?
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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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