[AT] tractor restorations ebay

Fri Jan 5 08:34:44 PST 2007

I bought a WC from a guy that had just painted it up real nice. 

It ran fine and looked great... 

Then, my fault, I did not check the antifreeze before the winter set in. Noticed a little antifreeze leak from the block. Decided to check the side of the block to see if I could repair it. Started to scrape the paint and big chunks of bondo started falling off. Turns out someone had already done some welding on the block!

I think that should have been disclosed..... Put a little bit of block sealer in and its been holding, thankfully. 

Regards,

Will Powell

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "captneb" <captneb at agristar.net>
> My favorite was an Allis G I bought in Tennessee...something of a ways from
> Nebraska.  It seemed a pretty good deal...since it came with 12 implements.
> Well, the tractor itself wound up being pretty shaggy but at least it ran.
> We got her loaded and left room for the implements.  I asked where they
> were.  The guy pointed over past a pile of rebar.  I didn't see anything.  I
> asked again.  He took me...TO THE REBAR!  He had welded up the "implements"
> from old rebar.  NOT such a good deal......  We didn't even bother to load
> the iron up.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Kevin" <ironman1962 at earthlink.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 8:55 AM
> Subject: [AT] tractor restorations ebay
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> 
> There are already a bunch of those types in the hobby and we don't need any
> more of them.  I was at a show in PA a few years ago.  Some jerk had an
> early model AC B
> -----------------------------snip
> Couple years ago I bought a 57 IHC 350 utility (completley rebuilt engine
> been overhauled on and on......)
> One of my freinds stopped by an seen a picture up on monitor screen, he had
> just bought his wife a new Chevrolet 3/4 P U truck. He said if I buy it we
> would go get it with their truck our trailer.
> I call the guy (selling on ebay 0 feedback)  And he not be home for 2 days
> and it was buy it now. So his wife told how much had been put into this
> restoration. I bid the BIN and started making arrangements to go git this
> fine tractor. It was in  Crumpler, NC.
> To make a long story short,  hooked up and headed for Crumpler, NC
> Nice drive Nashville hit  I-40 drive most of a day and it was dark by the
> time we got there. I started the tractor jumped on it backed it out hit 5th
> gear and took off down the lane. Woha the front wheels were floppin like a
> fish out of water,
> 1/2 aturn freeplay in steering. Non power steering, since then I found a
> good power steering unit off a 460 U but have not installed it yet hate to
> go wrenching on those nice painted hood bolts.
> Drove it back in 3 gear shut it off restarted and checked lift PTO  all that
> seemed to work the T/A growl a bit on the pull back.
> anyways I offer him 1/2 price what I done bid on ebay and he took it.
> We loaded up paid the man headed for the highway, this place was over a
> mountain little crooked roads. I geuss it was midnight by the time we got on
> the interstate hwy in VA. The trailer had no lights at all no tag KY dont
> say ya need one. I will say we put that chevrolet to the test like 80
> downhill and 65-70 uphill with that engine tachin 7000, and still getting
> blown away by semi trucks.
> After getting home and unloading the newly restored tractor . I got to
> looking at it close, they had painted over mud daubers hoses everything was
> RED plug wires dist cap steering wheel. I think they even painted the tires,
> then had new ones put on it.
> Now this tractor has been sittingt around here mostly inside but whatever
> kind of paint it has on it is the best I have ever seen. It looks like auto
> pain of some kind, just have to watch them restorations. Oil pressure line
> was mashed off, but it does hold pretty good pressure after running awhile.
> The engine had not been apart in years mabe since new, just nice red paint.
> Watch those restorations selling on ebay.
> Heavy little sucker, I took it to a local tractor pull after cleaning 5#
> junk out of gas tank :-) and that thing weighed 5550
> it done ok for a fresh overhauled 175c
> ironman
> Kevin Mosier
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