[Farmall] Farmall Baby + a Red & Green Wedding

[Mike Schmudlach]

The Farmalls were not built in Chicago.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Troy Bogdan" <tbogdan1 at earthlink.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 3:09 AM
Subject: [Farmall] Farmall Baby + a Red & Green Wedding


> Bill in N.E.TX sent me this e-mail, and I sent him the photos privately,
> off-the-list, but I thought his statement was funny and I added some more
> funny to it (at least IMHO).  I thought you would enjoy reading it.
>
> Bill wrote:
> > I have a '44 "A" Farmall.
> > The tractor has been in my family since the early fifties.
> > According to the code on the engine block it was cast about a month
before
> > I was born.
> > I like to tell folks that we came out of the factory at the same time.
:-)
>
>
> Hi Bill,
> That's a good story, where you born in Chicago also?  I think that's where
> the Farmall factory was located.  My two tractors are old enough to be my
> parents, although the Deere (53') married an older Farmall (45')!!  Hahaha
> ;-)
>
> Thanks for helping, Happy New Year
> Troy
>
> ----------
> > Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 01:15:20 -0600
> > To: Troy Bogdan <tbogdan1 at earthlink.net>
> > Subject: Re:Farmall A Cultivators
> >
> > Hi Troy,
> >
> > I have a '44 "A" Farmall. I have a set of cultivators including the
belly
> > mount planter.
> > Send me the pics and I will compare them to mine.
> > Or I can take some pics of mine and send them to you.
> > The lift levers are mounted on the tractor now.
> > The tractor has been in my family since the early fifties.
> > According to the code on the engine block it was cast about a month
before
> > I was born.
> > I like to tell folks that we came out of the factory at the same time.
:-)
> >
> > Bill in N.E.TX
> >
> >
> > At 05:15 AM 12/26/2004, you wrote:
> >>
> >> Mike Maynard asked me for some scans of my A cultivators that I am
working
> >> on, so I made some scans.  If you would like to see them for yourself,
let
> >> me know, and I will e-mail them to you.  There are two files, and they
are
> >> pretty big.  Take about a minute or two to upload with my dial-up
> >> connection.
> >>
> >> To refresh your memory (for those of you that drank too much eggnog), I
> >> bought a set of cultivators out of the paper for $50.  They were
advertised
> >> as cultivators for an "A" model Farmall.  I, personally,think they are
for a
> >> Super A, or I think I am missing parts.  Let me know if you want to
see!!
> >>
> >> I am planning on selling or trading the woods mower deck underneath,
and
> >> making this a cultivating and planting tractor (It is a '45 Model A).
I
> >> want to also install a Planet Junior one row drill seeder to this
tractor.
> >> I have a walk behind model already and want to adapt it so it fits, or
if I
> >> can find a factory or custom job, that would be even better, since I do
not
> >> fabricate or weld very good.  THANKS,  Troy
> >>
> >> Thanks,  Troy
>
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