[AT] Melting it all down.(copper is the new gold)

[charlie hill]

Roy that is based on experience.  I had an old GMC road tractor that I was 
making a living with when I was in my 20's.  I decided to go back to school. 
I didn't want to sell it and figured I'd do some hauling when I could while 
going to school.  So I parked it back by the barn, thinking I'd make a few 
minor repairs on it when I could.  In a matter of a few weeks folks were 
about to drive me crazy to buy it.

Then there was my 72 Chevy pickup.  It had a bad transmission.  I didn't 
really need it at the time so I parked it down in the corner of the yard 
with woods blocking the view on 2 sides, a hill on another side and a big 
cedar tree on the last side.  I was just waiting to find a good used 
automatic transmission for it.  I didn't want to sell it.   Same thing. 
People started driving me crazy about it.  One day a guy happened to come 
along when I needed some cash and was wondering where I was going to get it 
so I sold it to him.  Another guy, a good friend got really mad because I 
didn't sell it to him.

I promise you that if I had put either one of them out by the road and put a 
price on them everyone would have wanted to know what was wrong with them 
and would have tried to beat my price down.

It's a thing about forbidden fruit as far as I can tell.  Just like the bags 
of pea gravel Dean was talking about.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roy Morgan" <k1lky at earthlink.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, July 18, 2008 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Melting it all down.(copper is the new gold)


>
> On Jul 18, 2008, at 8:40 AM, charlie hill wrote:
>
>> ...  if you ever need to sell an old truck or a
>> tractor.  DON'T set it out by the side of the road with a sign on
>> it.  Park
>> it in the back of your land where it is barely visable from the
>> road.  Folks
>> will beat your door down begging you to sell it to them.
>
> Interesting idea.  Why would folks be more interested in the truck at
> the back of the property?  Maybe you mean that they'd be more likely
> to steal the thing if it was at the road.  Maybe just the mystery of it.
>
> No truck or tractor here to sell, but with our new house we are buying
> the 1950 McCormick W-4.  You'll hear more about that as time goes on
> from this novice at tractor repair.
>
> Wanted: GMC 3500 box truck or similar in serviceable condition, $3500
> price range.
>
> Roy
>
> Roy Morgan
> 13033 Downey Mill Rd
> Lovettsville, VA 20180
> k1lky at earthlink.net
>
>
>
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