You asked me a question way down below as to if I liked the Select-0-Speed. The only Ford I ever drove with SOS was a gold 1959 871 demonstrator that the local Ford dealer convinced my father to try out. Well....we really "tried it out". The dealer dropped it off and after an explanation and brief demo, left it with us until the next day. It was equipped with a three bottom plow, power steering and a full set of weights front and rear. That little thing was a real bulldog and pulled three plows through red clay alfalfa sod that would have grounded many other tractors. I LOVED THE SELECT-O-SPEED! So did my dad. Many local farmers showed up to watch and try it for a round or two. My dad wanted to go right in and order one. I talked him out of the Select-O-Speed because it was brand new, unproven and, I thought, possibly trouble prone. It took a lot of talking but he finally agreed. End result, not only my dad, but two uncles and one other neighbor bought 861s. One neighbor was sold on the Select-O-Speed and bought the gold demonstrator. Was he ever sorry. The rest of those Fords (all 861s) are still running and working. My dad thanked me for talking him out of the SOS for years afterward. Not bad though. That dealer sold five new tractors as a result of one demonstration. We plowed about ten acres with it while we had it although ordered new 861 with two 16s rather than three 14s. You brought back this old memory of what was to become the infamous SOS transmission. I did recommend one to an old fellow on this board who had knee and leg problems only on the condition that it worked properly and he would have to know someone who could do adjustments and repairs WHEN (not if) that became necessary. (;>))
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