Re: NEW 50 Year Old Tractors

Posted by Mike Fenner on February 25, 2006 at 19:14:56 from (4.244.183.119):

In Reply to: NEW 50 Year Old Tractors posted by GlennFitzGerald on February 25, 2006 at 18:44:35:

Probably 10 years ago I was at a show in Middleville, MI and happened across JD unstyled A on steel. Reason it caught my eye is because the cleats were nearly perfect, so naturally I thought the owner had aquired a new set somehow, or else did a spiffy job of reman. As I circled the tractor a huge sign explained the near perfect condition of the tractor. Apparently, a farmer took delivery in the fall of, I believe, 1936 with the intention of using it the following spring to drill some grain or plant corn, or something like that. Anyway, the tractor was run off the line onto a truck, into the dealership, back on a truck to the farmer, off that truck and into his barn, where it awaited the spring planting. Farmer got sick in the winter and died, never having worked the tractor. His widow did not continue farming and left the tractor in the barn until her death in 1989 or so, at which point the tractor was sold at auction and brought a pretty penny. Tractor was restored and made the show circuit rounds for a few years and eventually was sold back to John Deere. JD refit the tractor and sold it to a collector for as I recall $96,000. Anyway, the tractor remains in perfect working order last time I saw it in about '99, still having less than 2 original hours on it. Strange things happen in this world, some of these facts may not be exactly accurate but the main points are true. Unlike the $200 Corvette sitting in the Mother of a dead soldier's garage story. I know this one is true cause I saw it and touched it. Check around SW Michigan and ask about the Middleville show, all the gear heads in that area know the story.
Mike

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