[AT] 14 questions to ask yourself before you begin a tractor restoration

[Cecil R Bearden]

I think the first question should have been:  Do you want to learn how 
mechanical things work reliably without computers??


Cecil in OKla


On 6/19/2012 3:12 PM, David Bruce wrote:
> Investment or labor of love.  Either works in my view assuming you have
> the $$.
> Someday the D-14 will become that labor of love.
>
> David
> NW NC
>
> On 6/19/2012 3:18 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>> Here's the way I look at it.  Do I have the excess cash to buy it?  Is it
>> worth more parted out than I have to pay for it?
>>
>> If the answer to both of those questions is yes then it's an
>> investment.......... right?  What I do with it after I drag it
>> home is another question all together.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: David Bruce
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 2:55 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 14 questions to ask yourself before you begin a tractor
>> restoration
>>
>> Pretty darn smart to me!
>>
>> I have two questions I answer - do I want to tackle the job and is the
>> destination worth the pain of the ride.  The rest is more or less BS to
>> me.  Granted being safe is #1 but sometimes the journey is the
>> compelling reason ...
>>
>> David
>> NW NC
>>
>>
>>
>> On 6/19/2012 1:58 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
>>> I have never been a fan of stuff like this because not being prepared, not
>>> being ready, not being experienced enough is how you get prepared, ready
>>> and experienced.  The article says nothing inaccurate, but has a general
>>> tone of discouragement.  So  I hope some of the readers answer like this:
>>>
>>>     1: Heck no. That's why I am doing this
>>>     2: Define worthy in a way that doesn't involve opinion or conjecture.
>>>     3: No. I stuff it all in my suburban garage and then pull it out on the
>>> driveway to work on it in sunny days.   I'll make do.
>>>     4: Probably not.   But between work and the kids, I'll be spending slow
>>> and can swing it.  See#5
>>>     5: Probably not.  Little Jenny needs braces, my boss wants me to work
>>> overtime and my wife says she'll ship me back to my mother if I don't
>>> paint the shed.  But all these pressures is why I need desperately to work
>>> on magneto at 11:30pm when everyone is asleep.
>>>     6: Are you kidding?  I'll buy what is available and affordable when I
>>> need the part.
>>>     7: Probably.  If not, and after I learn the hard way, I'll write the
>>> manual.
>>>     8: No, but I can beg, borrow or fashion them as I need them.  Plus, yard
>>> sale-ing on Saturday morning is marriage enrichment for me and the Mrs.
>>> I'll find the tools.
>>>     9: They make spray cans don't they?
>>> 10: See number 9 and then really ask this question again with a straight
>>> face.
>>> 11: Old man Brewer  comes by, drinks my beer, laughs at my tractor and
>>> then maybe shows me one little thing.  Or not.  Is that a mentor?  If so,
>>> I have one.
>>>
>>> What burns my britches is the one and only valid question is safety.
>>> "Are you ready to read labels, talk to suppliers, use googles, etc." is
>>> the question I was looking for.  Not all beginners are aware of the risks
>>> and this should have been stressed.
>>>
>>> In short, these are not questions:  they are the talking points of
>>> existential angst for every hobbyist.   Approaches to resolve or reconcile
>>> them would have been more helpful.  This kind of stuff is why I wrote my
>>> books.   Not sure I did better but I at least recognized the problem in
>>> our literature and tried to correct it.
>>>
>>> Just my two cents and worth less than you paid for it. (-:
>>>
>>> Spencer
>>>
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>> On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:38, Mike Sloane<mikesloane at verizon.net>   wrote:
>>>
>>>> I found this interesting, although I never actually asked myself these
>>>> questions - I just tore into the job and hoped for the best. Some came
>>>> out better than others. (I just want to forget the ones that were half
>>>> done and sold for parts because I could see that no amount of time and
>>>> money were ever going to result in a whole working machine.)
>>>>
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>>>>
>>>> Mike
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