[Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

[John Hall]

The only thing I can think of to add to Karl's comment is do the repairs 
exceed your skill level or exceed the capacity of your shop and equipment? 
Often I find myself at home trying to do something that takes 2 hours that I 
could have done at work in 20 minutes. Guess thats just a lack of money--I 
tend to spend what little I have on old iron than shop equipment!!!!!

John Hall

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <olmstead at ridgenet.net>
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] when is "too far gone"?


> James, the oft-repeated rule is 'Buy the best tractor that you can
> afford'.  It will almost always be the least expensive in the long run.  A
> $500 H with cracked block, useless tires and bad sheet metal is much more
> expensive than a $2500 H that only needs to have a few dents removed and
> some paint sprayed on.
>
> Do your homework.  Add up what it is going to cost you to fix it up.  Will
> the final result be worth it?  I know fellows who put a year or two and
> $3000 into restoring an H, and couldn't sell it for $2000.  All bets are
> off, however, if it is really rare tractor, or belonged to your granddad.
> Since IHC was the sales leader for many years, most Farmall tractors are
> not rare, and may never sell for high prices.
>
>
> -Karl
>
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>
> James Moran wrote:
>
>> Folks-
>>   Seriously....how does one determine (that is to say
>> "practically"/"economically sound") when an I/H is just plain too far
>> gone to bother trying to remedy?  M's, H's, 340U are available to  me,
>> but they are pretty sorry.
>>   Thanks.
>>   JM
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