If you haven't had a lot of mechanical experience I'd say start off with something simple and fairly common. Lots of JD A & B, Allis B,C,WC,WD, Farmall H,M,A,B and Oliver, Moline common model around. Parts are fairly inexpensive and available. Second part of the equation is your future as an engineer. I graduated from college 46 years ago, BSME, but I had the HUGE advantage over most of the other guys(no gals in those days) in that I had grown up on a farm and had personal first hand, up close, practical experience with all kinds of machinery. What you will learn restoring a tractor will stand you in very good stead later on. Two of my sons are engineers, and both got a lot of experience here on my little farm. Both are very practical, common sense, kind of engineers. Don't mean to get off on a rant, but what makes a person successful is the ability to make good decisions and stick with them. You will learn some of that trying to restore some old piece of iron. In my years I've known a lot of people who transferred out of engineering to something else, but none that transferred in. Don't be surprised if you find it's not for you. Thanks for listening.
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Today's Featured Article - 12-Volt Conversions for 4-Cylinder Ford 2000 & 4000 Tractors - by Tommy Duvall. After two summers of having to park my old 1964 model 4000 gas 4 cyl. on a hill just in case the 6 volt system, for whatever reason, would not crank her, I decided to try the 12 volt conversion. After some research of convert or not, I decided to go ahead, the main reason being that this tractor was a working tractor, not a show tractor (yet). I did keep everything I replaced for the day I do want to restore her to showroom condition.
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