[Steam-engine] (no subject)

[Blake]

Both of you are right in the kinds of things people collect. I know  
most people like to get what they couldn't when they were kids, so  
lots of people collect 1950s tractors. They are easy to find, easy to  
fix, cheap, and can perform around a small farm as well as many new  
ones.

But, real antique tractor people are still out there and collect and  
restore the nice stuff like steam engines and real antique tractors,  
such as Oil Pulls, Hart Parrs, Aultman-Taylors, Eagles, etc. It just  
takes a little more time and devotion. The problems I see are the  
folks with the early stuff are getting older, some don't like to get  
them dirty or bother with hauling them, and the younger folks can't  
afford the get started with them.

I would like to see more shows feature the early stuff.

Blake

On May 2, 2007, at 12:23 PM, Best, Dianne wrote:

> Well now just a minute here guys!
>
> I love steam and they were off the farm well before I was born! Not  
> sure
> exactly what drew me in but it wasn't seeing them in the field.
>
> A couple of years ago I restored an antique crawler. That was a
> psychological trauma because it is younger than I am - LOL!
>
> Dianne
> (still here but not talking much)
>
>
>
> Date: Tue, 1 May 2007 22:31:57 -0500
> From: "Jim & Lyn Evans" <jevans at evanstoys.com>
> Subject: Re: [Steam-engine] shows
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> People collect what they grew up with.  This means that the most  
> popular
> tractors right now are made in the mid to late 50's.  You go to any  
> show
> and
> most of the tractors were made in that timeframe.   I also prefer the
> older
> tractors but there just isn't enough interest in that to support a  
> steel
> wheel only show.  I personally don't think it is an antique unless it
> was made before 1939.  Mt. Pleasant has the most older tractors of any
> show I have been to and even they just changed the rules to allow
> anything older than 50 years old.  That is 1957!
>
> Jim
>
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