[AT] Tractor named Friday?

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I grew up in a fruit growing area called "The Loomis Basin" I bet most of  
you old timers have eaten fruit from this area. I still see box labels in  
collections with Loomis, Cal on them.   I remember one time in the  Navy I was 
getting some fruit from the frig and saw a label from home made  pretty proud 
since my home town was only about 350 people.  
 I remember seeing lots of old Fords and Chevy trucks that were made  into 
tractors to haul the fruit out of the orchards.  1 1/2 ton Fords were  the most 
popular for this. 
One of my friends lived on an old farm that had one made out of Chevy one  
day we spent the most of it getting it running we had a lot of fun for two  
teenagers playing with the old truck/tractor.   Most of them were  shortened 
frames and two tranny in them to gear them down for pulling. A small  bed in the 
back carried things for the farm. 
I always wonder what happened to these old home made tractors there  must  be 
some of them still around out there hiding in a barn or shed. 
They would be fun to rebuild and take to a tractor shows.
Have any of you ever seen one of these when you were young.  

Walt  Davies
Cooper Hollow Farm
Monmouth, OR 97361
503 623-0460