[AJD] Fwd: Re: The controversy

[Chris C]

JR,

    Now that is FUNNY!  How much do you suppose an
authentic JD prayer rug would fetch on Ebay?  I'm sure
the scammers in India, China and where ever else they
hid out are already spooling up their child labor
looms to crank a few out...


             Chris
--- "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> 
> 
> "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com> wrote:  Date:
> Fri, 8 Feb 2008 13:40:36 -0800 (PST)
> From: "J.R. Hobbs" <jrhobbs2004 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [AJD] The controversy
> To: 
> Antique John Deere mailing list
> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> 
>   Chris,
>    
>   Yes, I agree, the name is part of it, but that's
> about the only thing we inherited from Leroy Klein
> all those years ago. There are a few people who just
> take it too seriously, in my view. Sometimes I think
> we ought to erect a statue of Louis Wittry (the
> father of the "modern" two cylinder engine with the
> 180-degree firing order), make up some prayer rugs,
> and then we could all kneel and pray twice a day in
> the direction of Waterloo.
>    
>   NG isn't going to take over anything, it's just
> going to become part of things, just like everything
> else has done. As I've said before, there were
> people at the first Expo in 1987 who were fighing
> mad that those blankety-blank "styled" tractors had
> been allowed, and the steam would come out of their
> ears if anyone mentioned those funny-looking
> tractors with two-tone paint jobs.
>    
>   This, too, shall pass. Oh, there will be a few
> diehards with tunnel vision who think that the hobby
> is going to the dogs, but it isn't. High energy and
> parts prices will do more to hurt the hobby than a
> bunch of tractors built after 1960 is going to do.
> I'm far more worried about the effect of high energy
> prices than I am almost anything else. People are
> going to drive, and heat/cool their homes first, and
> if there's any left over for magazine subscriptions,
> fine, if not, fine. We can tell without looking
> every time gas goes over 3 bucks.
>    
>   Appreciate your support, Chris.
>    
>   JR
> 
> Chris C <jdnutinwa at yahoo.com> wrote:
>   JR,
> 
> First off, the name and the club, Two Cylinder, 
> would right off the bat rule out anything that is
> not
> two cylinders in the most pure of the correct
> policed
> mind sets. 
> 
> I do remember an uproar when Green Magazine branched
> out, but now I think everyone has acclemated. 
> 
> I think that once the initial shock to the 2-banger
> purists is over the frequency of flaming arrows will
> decrease... I know I am not going to stop
> subscribing. All I can say is that in the time I
> have
> been around Two Cylinder tractors (about 20 years
> now)
> they have gone from easy to find parts and other
> stuff, to getting more scare, higher priced, and
> harder to find parts for.. So of course 'we'
> collectors wouldn't want them to just be pushed off
> stage by the newer more abundant, and seemingly
> really
> popular NG tractors that are starting to take the
> stage from the older guys.. 
> 
> Fear and the unknown make for lots of emotional
> responses.. Just keep up the good work there at TC
> and all us paranoid types will eventually see that
> we're not getting kicked aside..
> 
> Chris 
> 
> 
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