[Farmall] Just too gorgeous to pass up

[CDHORN at aol.com]

I've never driven a Super M but I love M's.  After growing up using an  H, 
I have no love for them after driving an M..
 
Clark
F-20
 
 
In a message dated 05/13/2010 5:18:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
dean at vinsonfarm.net writes:

I wasn't  in the market for another tractor this year, or so I thought.   
I've
actually been in the process of getting ready to sell one, the Case  VAH
that's up at my dad's farm, since I don't have room for it here or  much
opportunity to work on it up there, and it's increasingly in my dad's  way.
I went up a couple weeks ago and made sure it still starts and runs  and 
took
some new photos, like this  one:

http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/VAH_20100501.jpg.

I'll put  it on the market pretty soon, which will take me back down to just
one  tractor, the 1950 Farmall M that's in my garage here in Dayton.   Good
solid old tractor and I've had a lot of fun cleaning it up and  tinkering
with it.  I flirted with selling it last year since I don't  have a 
practical
need for it, but couldn't quite bring myself to let it  go.

So that was the status quo for a while, until one day I ran across  an ad 
for
a very late 1953 Super M, very much like the one I'd had a dozen  years ago,
except even nicer.  Some of you will remember photos of the  other one, such
as  this:

http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/sm_hilltop.jpg.

I've  always regretted letting that tractor go and have kept my eye out  at
tractor shows and such for a similar one, but very rarely see any:   it had 
a
grille that was sort of a transition between the regular M/SM  grille and 
the
SMTA grille, and which apparently only exists on some of the  very late
production SMs.  Anyway, some weeks ago I was browsing  eBay... and there 
was
an absolutely gorgeous very late 53 Super M,  immaculately restored, live
hydraulics, two-way valve, belt pulley,  etc--and it had the transitional
grille.  I knew I was done for the  moment I saw it, but I at least had the
willpower to wait until shortly  before the auction closed to bid on it.  I
paid more than I could ever  hope to get back out of it, but (I tell myself)
less than it would cost to  find another late SM and put it in this
condition, and in any case it was  just too darn gorgeous to pass up.  So
here it is, safely in my yard  and  garage:

http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/SM_20100513.jpg.
http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/SM_20100509.jpg.

The  M is up for sale on eBay right now... I'll miss it, but I can't  keep
both--and have I mentioned that this SM was too gorgeous to pass  up?  :-)

Dean Vinson
Dayton,  Ohio
www.vinsonfarm.net


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