[Farmall] Some ads from teh 9/27 Lancaster Farming

[Skip Cleveland]

There is an over restored 1959 Flip Top just down the street. It belongs to 
a customer of mine. It is powered with a 332 V8.
We filled some silos way back when, early 1950s, and used a regular to 
operate the silo filler.  I had to unhook the thing every load to back 
wagons up to the blower then line the beast back up in the belt. A friendly 
JD dealer saw us and decided he could make a quick sale. He brought a brand 
new 1950 something "B" with all the trimmings while my dad wasn't looking 
and I used it. It was cute and sounded nice. My dad hated it. I had to start 
the dam regular, of course by hand, and leave the little B unused. The 
neighbor kid used my '50 "C" to pull the wagons from the field and just left 
them unhooked in the yard.
My dad sold IHC so I guess I can understand his dislike for the Johnny 
Popper.
Howzat for a tractor reference?
Skip



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cvill" <cvill at frontiernet.net>
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Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Some ads from teh 9/27 Lancaster Farming


>I do not recall seeing the washtub, Skip.  I couldn't afford to own one
> .  I remember they had a reputation for roof rattles and maybe a couple
> of water leaks.  I was still driving a '47 Ford club coupe at that time
> which followed the three successive 1951"s that I had owned.
>
> Tractor Ref--At home we then still used a '38 F-20 and an unstyled JD
> model L.  The old Farmall regular sat in disrepair, having been replaced
> by the F-20.
>
> Charlie
>
>
>
>
> Skip Cleveland wrote:
>> Prices: $15 -25,000 for good to fine examples. Three times as much for a
>> supercharged '57. (Google ref.)
>> You do remember the square galvanized wash tub afixed to the trunk floor 
>> for
>> the luggage, to keep it out of the top mechanism's way.
>> Skip
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "cvill" <cvill at frontiernet.net>
>> To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 8:23 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Some ads from teh 9/27 Lancaster Farming
>>
>>
>>
>>> The 'Flip top box"
>>>
>>> Also known as a retractable hardtop.  The roof power folded into the 
>>> trunk
>>> area. I worked for a Chevrolet dealer in '59 and '60.  He had a 
>>> beautiful
>>> '57  red and white retractable (used) in his showroom.  If I recall the
>>> price was $1695.00 or maybe $100.00 more.  In April of 1960, the Ford RH
>>> celebrated a one year anniversary, still sitting in the showroom. The
>>> price today some 48 years later--???  Probably a couple of bucks more.
>>>
>>> Charlie in WNY
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
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