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Re: Starting to restore-needing help!
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Posted by Glen on July 27, 2002 at 16:33:04 from (216.119.133.70):
In Reply to: Starting to restore-needing help! posted by Travis on July 26, 2002 at 21:11:06:
I have found the best way to make a profit restoring tractors is to stay with tractors no older than 1965 and with a diesel engine,try to find them in fairly good mech.shape,maybe a few leaks or easy fixes,don't split them and put clutches,seals,exc. get them with decent sheet metal so you can put a good paint job and decals on them,the key is to make them pretty! you have to buy them ugly to make a profit.
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