[AT] New Massey-Harris Pacemaker

[Guy Fay]

Dang, I had seen te listing for that auction, but I'm broke at the moment.

The last auction I was at Massey's were anything but cheap. I think it 
depends on the model and the crowd- the prewar stuff is exppensive, 
including Challenger and Pacemaker. The small stuff is in demand as well.

I've had the hankering for a 22 Standard for quite some time- neat 
little tractor. Saw one in the paper, disassembled, for $200 years ago. 
Last one I saw sell was for $1,600 with the grapevines still attached! 
The guy had driven several hundred miles to get it, too.
JAHaze at aol.com wrote:

>Thanks LeRoy,
>
>I was beginning to think that the list has evaporated.  I have so many 
>exciting things to share after the big auction yesterday.  I started tinkering with 
>the tractor today and got the valves freed up, removed most of the inspection 
>plates and discovered that there was no water in the oil, and only a little 
>water in the transmission housing, so I think this will be a fun project.  What 
>I need to know if what make/model should the carb and magneto be?  These are 
>the only parts missing.  The motors still stuck, but I'm going to keep working 
>on that. I'd like to get it to turn over before I put it in line with the rest 
>of the projects.  I just couldn't pass it up, with the full set of steel, and 
>nice rusty patina, it fit's in well with the rest of my collection.  This is 
>my first Massey-Harris.  Any collective wisdom from the list would be helpful. 
> Does anybody else have one of these?
>
>FWIW, I was shocked at how little most of the MH tractors brought at the 
>sale, if they would have been any other make, I bet they would have gone for twice 
>as much (good running tractors sold for 400-600 most of the day).  I kept my 
>hands in my pocket, but it was really, really hard.  Fortunately, I bought my 
>tractor rather early and got the buying urge out of my system.
>
>Enjoy, Joe
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