[AT] Was Serious Restoration Now philosophy

[dglass]

I don't have any spit and polish tractors either, but I went to Iowa a 
few years ago to the Ageless Iron Expo and saw a Farmall 400 that had a 
"restoration" sponsored by DuPont and it was a work of art.  Probably 
the most beautiful  tractor I have ever seen.  Meticulous detail and 
paint that you wouldn't believe.  Did it run?  I don't know, but it sure 
looked great. A guy in the parking lot had a Farmall C that you can tell 
he lovingly restored and even had a telephone on it(I don't think that 
was a factory option).  Beautiful job and even made a custom trailer for 
it.  It too was beautiful. I think both of these tractors were beyond 
restoration.  Although they were beautiful, if I had them they would 
look like the rest of my tractors in no time.  I don't want a tractor to 
parade on Saturday and polish the rest of the week.  I want a user, but 
I still like to look at those beauties.

DAVIESW739 at aol.com wrote:

>My Case LA came pretty much complete but I changed the Radiator the head  the 
>pistons the front end all but the axle. Well I guess mine is just a  
>conglomerate by now. Hey I have all the old parts maybe I should repair them and  put 
>it back like it was. Boy will that make Mamma happy.
> I would think that one should try to keep as much of the original  parts as 
>possible but sometimes it just doesn't work that way. I would think  that the 
>purest will want to keep the old paint but for those of us who just  want good 
>running old tractor to play with what does it matter its our tractor  and if 
>the purest doesn't like they can go get one of their own.
>I don't like the spit an polished tractors that shine like brand new  
>Rolls/Royce
>But some people do. If you want original then remember the paint ain't  
>supposed to shine like a mirror.  
>I here a lot of controversy about this at the pulls when they check for the  
>best show tractor at some of them they want it to be farmable at others they  
>want it to look pretty. I really don't think we will ever get together on this 
> subject as it seems to be mostly what the owner wants and not what others  
>like.
> 
> Walt  Davies
>Cooper Hollow Farm
>Monmouth, OR 97361
>503 623-0460 
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