[AT] Fairy Tale ending? The JD 60O

[charlie hill]

Hope it works out for you Joe!  Those Orchard models sure do make fine 
parade tractors.

Happy 4th of July to you and the rest of the group too.

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From: <jahaze at aol.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2010 8:59 AM
To: <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: [AT] Fairy Tale ending?  The JD 60O

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> I went a picked up the JD 60- O yesterday I mentioned on the list.  The 
> loading was uneventful, and it came with a JD disc, and nice JD two-bottom 
> plow.  These implements came with the tractor when new.  After it was on 
> the traiiler, the seller mentioned how nice it would look in the parade if 
> it had all the original orchard tin on it.  I explained to him that not 
> all orchard tractors came with the full tin and it may have been ordered 
> like it sits.  He said "I think Fred still has all the original tin for it 
> in his shed"  He had my immediate attention.
>
> Apparently. Fred was the original owner.  He is an 80 year old batchelor 
> farmer who still lives with his mother just down the road.  The seller 
> indicated that he went to look for the tin several year ago, but there was 
> so much stuff in the shed that he didn't bother.  He didn't really need it 
> anyway.  He said Fred is still around and he will ask him about it next 
> week and let me know.  The sellers wife suggested that they follow me on 
> my way out and stop by Fred's to see if he was around (I tried to contain 
> my excitement).  Anyway, the seller said he had too much to do yesterday 
> and didn't want to bother Fred right then, but he will ask him next week 
> as they see each other several times a week at the Conservation Club.  If 
> he has all the tin, that would be the find of the century for me.  I will 
> be following up with them next week.
>
> Now for the bad.  I started looking over the tractor after I got home 
> yesterday and discovered the engine was seized.  I had hopes that it would 
> be free as it had a muffler and rain cap on it.  However, at some point 
> the rain made it past and the right cylinder was full of water.  I sucked 
> all the water out yesterday and filled the cylinder with ATF.  I'll give 
> it a shake every day for the next few weeks to see if it will free up. 
> Either way, it looks like a complete tear down is on tap in the future. 
> Now I have to decide which project to put on hold for me to work on this 
> one.
>
> Happy Fourth of July.
>
> Enjoy, Joe
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