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

Tyler Juranek tylerpolkaman at gmail.com
Wed Jun 20 08:32:48 PDT 2012


Hi All,
I agree. Instead of restoring one, just go out and buy one all done.
It's a lot cheaper, lol.

On 6/20/12, Dan Glass <dglass at numail.org> wrote:
> When I think of this type of stuff I am always reminded of many for sale
> signs I have seen over the years.  "over $20,000 invested, asking $3,000.
> On 6/19/2012 11:43 PM, Dean VP wrote:
>> I need to respectively disagree with the criticism of the 11 questions. My
>> recommendation
>> would be there probably are 20 or 30 questions that need to be asked upon
>> considering an
>> antique tractor restoration including these 11. I would want to establish
>> what the
>> objective is before asking any other questions. Is this intended to be a
>> learning
>> experience or intended to be a profit oriented project? IMHO opinion many
>> collectors have
>> been misled into believing they are investing in a hobby that will bring
>> them profits
>> later. Only later to find out they have invested way more time and money
>> in the project
>> than what they will ever receive when it is sold.  The exceptions are the
>> really rare
>> tractors. So instead of a hobby some have been led into a business venture
>> that will never
>> pan out.  Once a potential restorer understands that, then the appropriate
>> questions and
>> answers will follow.
>>
>> Dean VP
>> Snohomish, WA
>>
>> "Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and
>> leave a trail."
>> - Ralph Waldo Emerson
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
>> On Behalf Of Larry Goss
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 7:59 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 14 questions to ask yourself before you begin a tractor
>> restoration
>>
>> Thanks for that, Spencer.  I read the article earlier today, and concluded
>> that several of
>> the questions just shouldn't have been asked.  They had the "wrong"
>> philosophy behind
>> them.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Spencer Yost" <yostsw at atis.net>
>> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
>> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 9:35:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [AT] 14 questions to ask yourself before you begin a tractor
>> restoration
>>
>> My last post may have came across as a harsh assessment of the article,
>> but I did not
>> really mean for it to.  But early in my restoration hobby I realized that
>> just jumping in
>> and doing it to the best of your ability, with the resources you had at
>> hand, is more
>> important than meeting some arbitrary standard.   Your first project, no
>> matter how hard
>> you try, will not be up to level of competence you will be able to achieve
>> on your third
>> or fourth project.  Knowing that, why not turn it into a journey?  An
>> evolution if you
>> will.
>>
>> One of the things I have learned from George Willer, Steve Sewell, and
>> Brice Adams and all
>> the other great folks on this list is that the process of learning, is
>> more important than
>> trying to match your results to someone else's idea of success.
>>
>> George had a look on his face, when I would begin to agonize on some small
>> point, that
>> said "Don't make it harder than it is".  Great advice for folks - young
>> and old, new and
>> experienced.   Just think it through, be careful and realize you won't
>> finish the project
>> overnight and you will learn till you die.
>>
>> Easier said than done but great advice to have ringing in your ears
>> nonetheless.
>>
>> Spencer
>>
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