[AJD] ebay # 280197269334

[wayne johnson]

Well, I'm 76 and hope to get a little older.  I love 2 cylinders, what ever 
there size and nomenclature, BUT, I've seen a lot of changes in my life and 
not all were good, but those that were lived on.  I made the mistake of 
getting rid of a 1010 dozer (6 way blade, ripper bar on rear) and would give 
10 times what I sold it for to have it back. I worry about the new stuff 
ever getting into the collector catagory because they aare not all 
mechanical and electronics may not be available or affordable down the line. 
I sold a '51 Ford F2 with flat head V8 and non syncro tranny because it 
couldn't handle a trailer with a tractor(and the wife gave the gears hell) 
to upgarade to a '92 150 with 5 speed over drive that I repowered with a 4BT 
Cummins.  It gets good fuel milage, has enough power, A/C and the wife can 
drive it, but I still like the old 51.  If its good engineering, I love to 
hear it and enjoy seeing and hearing all the old stuff, even if the 2 
cylinders have an edge.  Two Cylinder is a wonderful mag thanks to people 
like you and many others in the hobby.
Merle wayne Johnson, Atoka, Tn.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com>
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Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] ebay # 280197269334


> Not trying to be blunt, but whoever wrote the ad copy for that "D" is full 
> of it. For one thing,there weren't any "correct" style of tires in 1930, 
> because those type of rear ( and front for that matter) tires simply 
> weren't available in 1930, period. Model "D" Tractors didn't get the 
> rubber tire option until 1933, and very few were built, it wasn't until 
> 1934-1935 that there was any significant sales of rubber on the "D"s, and 
> in my opinion, this wheel equipment belongs of one of those year tractors, 
> not this tractor. Yes, I know that retrofits were available, but 
> still....... It's called hype, fellas, and unfortunately, there's getting 
> to be entirely too much of it in this hobby.
>
>  While we're talking about unpopular subjects, how many of you guys popped 
> a vein or had to take a blood pressure pill when you saw the cover and 
> contents of the January-February issue of Two-Cylinder?  We've taken quite 
> a bit of heat from a few people, and I'd would like to know what our 
> friends here think. It's the last NG feature for 2008, and some really 
> neat two-cylinder stuff is in the works already for the rest of the year.
>
> Gary Epps <garyepps at fidnet.com> wrote:
>  This is a good looking D John Deere, but I wonder at the comment in the
> description that it has the "correct style tires". What do you think?
> While there is not a good pic of the sidewalls of the rear tires, they
> don't look right to me. Also, isn't a 14.9 tire a size smaller than the
> two recommended tires? I think the recommended tires current sizes
> should be 16.9 or 18.4. Am I missing something here?
>
> Gary
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