[Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

[Mike Sloane]

I think that the condition of that Farmall C is similar to the machines 
that Jim was referring to, based on his previous description. :-)

I too have bought tractors just for the fun of restoring them, not 
because they were either especially valuable or useful. One was an H 
that I finally just gave up on and sold for parts, and another was a 
Farmall 140 that had been rolled and left sitting for about 5 years. 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/farmall_140/> That one looked worse 
than it actually turned out to be. Another was a Ford 2N that came to me 
at a reasonable price but needed a LOT of time and money to fix up, far 
more than it is worth as a tractor. But I had a lot of fun fixing it up. 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/1946_ford_2n/>

Mike

Paul Sigmund wrote:
> The philosopher/mathematician Pascal once said it is just as much an extreme
> not to consider reason in interpretation, as it is to only consider reason.
> Unless a fellow is in it for resale, there are many components of what is
> "too far gone".  Consider this challenge:
> 
> http://www.knuckleheadquarters.net/farmall-c.html
> 
> (sent this last night . . .  don't know what happened to it?)
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "James Moran" <jrmoraninc at yahoo.com>
> To: <Farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 4:47 PM
> Subject: [Farmall] when is "too far gone"?
> 
> 
> 
>>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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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
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