[AJD] The controversy

[Troy Bogdan]

Don't worry Bill,
Those tractors from the modern era won't be around long enough to matter . . 
. everything made in the last 20 years is junk.
Probably all end up melted down and sent to China,  Troy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'" 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 8:52 PM
Subject: Re: [AJD] The controversy


> Bill wrote:
>
>> The only way, it was discovered, to allow the club
>> to grow was to accept the fact that the newer and
>> younger members identify with and enjoy the newer
>> engines and that someday they will be older too and
>> some more advanced types will take their place.
>
> Hi, Bill.  Your comments were well put--thanks for the discussion.
>
> One thing I wonder about, is what the folks 30 years in the future will
> think of as classics.  With any kind of technology it seems like there can
> really only be one "antique" period.  A 4020 will never be an antique.
> Maybe there can be multiple classic periods, though.
>
> To me the -10 and -20 series New Generation tractors will always be the 
> true
> "classic" Deeres, but I can see how some of the later models could be 
> viewed
> the same way if you'd grown up around them.  But I can't imagine tractors
> from the 90s or 2000s ever being seen as classics; to me they're just 
> modern
> tractors and will always be modern tractors.  If you're 10 or 15 years old
> today, will an 8430 be a classic 30 years from now?
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
>
>
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