[AT] RE: Tubes and tires/fixes / barnyard repair

[Lyle Myles]

Never thought of it that way and I agree with your points. I also restore
when I can Corvettes and most people want the paint job just perfect but
that is not how a proper restore is done. I do not know if different
tractors have this feature but GM does and that is that you can go in for
any year of vehicle and they will tell you the percentages of Vetts for
example that had runs in the paint and where the runs where and supply
pictures of the runs. My point is that history may be at times more
important to a piece of equipment than having it look like it just came off
the show room floor. 

Lyle Myles

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Subject: [AT] RE: Tubes and tires/fixes / barnyard repair

I love those old "barnyard repairs" because they help show the history of 
the machine and of the Farming profession.  My "restored" F-20 has a few of 
those repairs intact and they are often a conversation piece when I am at a 
show.  When people point out the ugly block repair or the big nail holding 
on the clutch pedal I always tell them that this is how the old farmer kept 
the tractor running so that he could keep eating!
>         I was just thinking about all the on the farm
>and out in the field fixes I've seen on tractors.
>         Along the lines of tires and tubes, probably
>the most unique fixes I've seen was on an Oliver 70
>out in Farmersville Equipments salvage yard. The
>farmer, I assume couldn't afford tires on it and so he
>had bolted 6x6 blocks to the inside of the rims and
>steel angle on those for traction. It really intrigued
>me and you know if I owned that tractor I would
>preserve it just that way! Really gave the old tractor
>character and most definitely showed a story of its
>past.
>      That is what this hobby is about, not having a
>showroom of immaculate tractors but preserving the
>past.
>My thoughts anyway
>Danny Tabor


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