[Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

Dean Vinson dean at vinsonfarm.net
Fri Dec 29 16:35:24 PST 2006


My experience pales next to most on the list, but I'll add my two cents'
that the Ms and Hs couldn't hardly be attractive to anybody looking to
restore one, or cost-effective to do so.  I bought a pretty decent 50 M last
Fall for $1000 delivered, added more than another $1000 in assorted little
parts, fluids, and minor repairs, and figure it might be worth $1000 now.
Unless one of those tractors had a rare and badly needed part, I think
they're in the too far gone category.

Dean Vinson
Dayton, Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net


-----Original Message-----
From: farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
[mailto:farmall-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of James Moran
Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 4:29 PM
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list
Subject: Re: [Farmall] when is "too far gone"?

Steve O-
  Well, I guess your solution is as good as any other.  You are 100%
correct that I have no capacity to do such things myself as much as I  wish
that I could.  I think that I previously made the point that  "mother
henning" a part-out effort (that is to say "little by little")  is not in
the cards.
  Maybe is one or two restoration guys were to express interest and haul
everything elsewhere with their own transport method, that could work  as
opposed to the "scrap man".
  Something will work out.  It was a somewhat interesting "conversation", at
least to me.
  JM

soffiler at ct.metrocast.net wrote:  
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: James Moran 

OK, JM, so what are we trying to accomplish here?  You've got a bunch of
well-worn, broken-down hulks around a property you have apparently
inherited, and you'd like to see them gone.  Isn't the question whether to
advertise them to the old-iron community as parts machines versus calling
the scrap man?  It seems crystal clear that we've eliminated any notion of
you personally performing any restoration on these machines.

Steve O.





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