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Posted by Jim.UT on February 08, 2003 at 15:36:34 from (172.193.37.167):
In Reply to: tractors you should have bought but didnt posted by casered on February 07, 2003 at 16:20:58:
Ran into a guy selling a Ford 901 SOS tractor. He called it a "Golden Jubilee" (wrong!). He showed me the gold paint under the peeling blue and gray paint and said that's why he said it was a Golden Jubilee. Turns out it was a rare gold dealer demonstrator. Only about 2500 ever made and probably less than 25% of those left. I looked it over thoroughly and there was gold paint on every part. I chickened out because I don't know squat about fixing and SOS tranny. Then there was the Funk 6 cyl Ford 8N that was owned by my grandfather. I didn't know it was anything special until after my aunt (who bought it from him) traded it in on a new Chinese tractor. ARRRGH!
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