[AJD] Unusual looking Model L

Thu Sep 15 00:31:42 PDT 2005

JR,

     Thanks for coming forth with your correct
information.  Sorry I had to use such a vulgar term
but I figured I would need to irritate you a bit to
get the info out  ;)

      I have a personal and professional hatred for
the media for the most part,  I once had a guy snap a
picture of my on my A plowing with the club a few
years ago.  He asked for my name and some info on the
tractor.  I told him who I was,  and that it was my
grandfathers 1951 A,  that he purcahsed from a local
dealer in 1953.  The name was correct,  but the
tractor was a 1953A bought in 1951..  I guess it isn't
necessary to check facts..  On the professional level,
 too man instances to mention here,  but our usual
favorite is watching ourselves 'live'  on TV when all
the rigs have been back in the station for hours..  

    That off topic enought I guess..  time for bed. 
Thanks again for finishing the story.

                Chris
--- "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Well, I guess you're entitled to your opinion. 
> Parts of the story are true, sort of, but
> development of a small tractor didn't begin at Deere
> at the behest of just one man. No doubt that the man
> mentioned  certainly may have had some input on the
> design, and may have done some field testing, but I
> know for a fact that work had begun before 1936. 
> There are other errors in the story as well, but I
> won't dwell on them. The first "Y", and "62"
> Tractors certainly didn't sell for $375.00. The
> timeline described in the story just plain is not
> true.  There were other inaccuracies as well----The
> President of Deere at the time was Charles Deere
> Wiman, not John Deere Wyman, etc.
>  
> The point is, when this kind of stuff gets
> published, it somehow becomes "fact", and I guess
> that I just don't like to see inaccurate information
> published. I have no problem with a tribute to
> someone. I just want it to be factual, because these
> kinds of errors do the hobby a disservice, in my
> view. 
>  
> And, quite frankly, I'm sick to death of the
> "correct police" bullshit, which is a favorite term
> on a website I won't bother to mention.  I don't
> believe that being correct as possible with
> information and/or restoration is wrong.  The term
> is misunderstood, anyway, as it was coined to
> describe those people who think they know it all,
> but actually don't know much of anything, yet feel
> that they have the right to criticize the work of
> others. I've not yet seen a restoration I couldn't
> find a flaw in if I looked hard enough, but it's not
> my business to say anything about it to the owner. 
> Most people do the best they can with the knowledge
> they have, and the budget they have to work with. On
> the other hand, there are people who take no little
> pride in doing as many things as wrong as they can,
> because they somehow percieve that it's going to
> irritate people. That's their choice, I guess. 
> 
> Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> wrote:
> JR - 
> 
> I think that's pretty poor to poo poo a story in
> a local paper about a piece of history returning to
> the area, with the story being told be family
> members
> about the actions of another family member.
> 
> I don't know enough about the background behind
> the design of that tractor to know the truth, but I
> wonder who would twist the truth more? The
> manufacturer of the machine, or the guy that
> designed
> or helped design it.. Sound like the correct police
> to me...
> 
> Or perhaps I am just oversensitive given my highly
> agitatable state...
> 
> Chris
> 
> --- "J.R. Hobbs" wrote:
> 
> > Not tonight, Frank, I have a headache. :-)
> > 
> > Frank wrote:J>R>
> > tell us more.........
> > 
> > Frank
> > gremaux at tein.net
> > Central Montana
> > http://www.angelfire.com/mt/deeregp/index.html
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "J.R. Hobbs" 
> > To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
> > 
> > Sent: Saturday, September 10, 2005 1:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: [AJD] Unusual looking Model L
> > 
> > 
> > > Nice tractor. Parts of the story are even almost
> > true.
> > >
> > > Louis R Godena 
> > >
> >
>
wrote:http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/09/09/local.20050909-sbt-MICH-B1-Homecoming_parade_of.sto
> > >
> > > And, good story too!
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