[Farmall] Farmall Baby + a Red & Green Wedding

[Jim Becker]

Farmall works was in Rock Island.  But weren't the A and B (except the last 
ones) made at tractor works in Chicago?

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Schmudlach" <mschmudlach at charter.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 6:40 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Farmall Baby + a Red & Green Wedding


> 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