[AT] Florida Flywheelers

[Dudley Rupert]

The cover of the July-August 2002 issue of Red Power Magazine shows a side
by side pair of Farmall 400's -

The inside story says this pair of 400 diesels was assembled and patented
around 1956 by GARRETT Mfg of Enumclaw, Washington and that Mr. Harry Lee of
Elnora, Indiana took ownership in January of 2002.

Interesting that one guy has both a pair of 400's and a pair of 450's - I am
sure they would be an attraction at any show -

Dudley
Snohomish, Washington

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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 6:36 PM
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The multiple Farmalls are built and owned by Harry Lee of Elnora, Indiana.
He bought the double 450 a couple of years
ago from an outfit somewhere in the Pacific Northwest called Garret. He
dragged it down here to our show along with
a couple of his double/triple F series tractors. They are all very well
done and do run. Harry seems to be a very personable
and likeable guy, too.

Phil

At 04:45 PM 03/01/2004, you wrote:
>Cecil,
>We did get a few pictures although I don't know how to put them on the
>list. There was one guy that joined early Farmalls
>to togather in side by side fashion. He had 3 F-20's (I believe they were
>F-20's) together and a couple of  pair of F-14 or F-20
>They had only one front end though. He also had a pair of  450's (I think)
>paired up with about 30 inch wide turf tires all around. There were
>several permanent bathrooms with shower stalls. The early campers had
>hook-ups, but we didn't even have electricity. I am sure that an earlier
>attendance would have helped as most people seem to have electric and many
>with water. There were several vendors for food as well as the club's own
>large dining hall. The lines were quite long from 11:15 to about 1:30 so I
>am sure all the vendors did well except for the ice cream guys (it was 43
>degree Friday morning and only got to
>about 50 degrees). We all wore jackets as the wind was blowing too. On Sat
>it started the same way, but the clouds finally
>opened up and let  the sun through and it quickly got to 68/69 degrees and
>was  very comfortable without the coats.
>We did not find any bargains as most of the parts seemed to be in poorer
>condition than what we see around home. We assumed
>this was due to equipment being used year around rather than 6 or 7 months
>for much of the equipment used around here.
>At Portland we will have to get a caravan organized for next year. It will
>be worth the effort to make the trip.
>
>Larry Dotson
>Bellefontaine, Ohio

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