[AT] When did you start collecting old tractors?

[David Bruce]

I started in the late '80's with my MF 35.  After I moved "back home" to 
a portion of my grandparent's farm I inherited my grandpa's AC D-14 and 
Ferguson 30.
I added the JD 2010 to the fold a few years later.
I remember many fall nights when of junior high and high school age when 
plowing with the Allis.  I always liked the idea of farming but even in 
the 1970's here it was obvious only those who could farm in a rather big 
way would survive.  So I chose an easier line of work - the textile 
industry.  Now I'm not even a gentleman farmer but I get the tractors 
out from time to time and play in the dirt or these days the mud.
BTW as much as I love the MF35 (and as I get older I like it even more) 
there is nothing that sounds better than than D-14 under load.

David
NW NC