[AT] What's the "rarest" tractor you own?

[John Widener]

Don't know if its considered a tractor or not, but I own the prototype of a 
miniature dozer. Its called the Kitty Krawler and was built in 1954. Its one 
of 4 known to exist.



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From: "charliehill" <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
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> I've got one of the few,  54 I think,  single front wheel AC D-14's. 
> Sadly,
> by the time I waited 15 years for the old man to decide to sell it to me 
> he
> died and I bought it from his family, it was a basket case and I haven't
> done a thing to it since I bought it except patch the tube and pump up the
> front tire.  The Engine is stuck tight and so is the transmission from
> sitting in a field for 20+ years with half the hood off and the spark 
> plugs
> out of it.  The old fellow parked it, he said, because it turned over too
> easy and was dangerous.  It was in great shape when he parked it.
> I pulled the belt pully assembly off of it and was going to put it on
> another tractor but when I got it off it and the inside of the housing
> looked like they were brand new so I bolted it back together.  So I guess
> the front and rear are trashed and the middle is in good shape.   One of
> these days I've got to start to work on it.
>
> Charlie
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>>
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>>
>> I'm asking this question because I get so tried of all classified ads 
>> that
>> ask inflated sums of money for a "rare" tractor that they only made 
>> 15,000
>> of, or something like that.  I know it doesn't really matter, but I
>> thought it would be interesting to see whats actually out there.  In
>> reality, aren't all of our tractors "one of a kind" as no two have been
>> modified by the previous owner's exactly the same.
>>
>> For me it's a UG Mineapolis Moline, one of only 100 built (mine's #79). 
>> I
>> also have an old style Oliver 88, one of 1,200.  Everything else is
>> run-of-the-mill generic stuff.
>>
>> Enjoy, Joe
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