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Posted by Hugh MacKay on February 27, 2005 at 14:54:45 from (216.208.58.103):
In Reply to: Re: Best tractor for restoration posted by Hurst on February 27, 2005 at 14:08:42:
Hurst: I rather doubt there is a tractor out there you will recover your money on. I have Farmalls Super A, 130 and 140, I would guess have topped the $15,000. mark in the past 10 years. No way I'd ever see my money back, as I've never even touched the cosmetic end of it yet. I probably have another $15,000. in attachments and implements. I personally know a guy with 80 fully restored letter series Farmalls. He tells me when he started 35 years ago the average cost was $4,000. and today It's pushing $10,000. Size really doesn't make much difference. Now he does complete mechanical and cosmetic restoration. That collection has close to one each of all gas, diesel and lp versions ever built. Last time I talked with him he still needed couple of the V's to complete the collection. If you start doing cosmetic and few necessary mechanical items, the value of your end product will be quite easily detected. Only one way to make money at this, custom rebuilding for customers with deep pockets.
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