[AT] Test, now antique shows

[Mattias Kessén]

"Ich bin ein Berliner" Our king Carl XVI Gustaf once opened a speach in
Arboga "Kära Örebroare" wich means "Dear Örebroarians".

Excuse me for the non tractor content. But what it lacks according to
tractors this message most certainly compensate with antiques.

Mattias

www.rodjagard.n.nu


2013/6/17 charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>

> That's funny Mattias.  Brings to mind when our former President
> JFK proclaimed to the German people by accident that he was a "jelly
> donut".
>
> I'm sure Steve knows it was a 59.  He's well versed on American cars of
> that
> era.
> I think he just hit the 4 instead of the 5.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mattias Kessén
> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2013 9:30 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Test, now antique shows
>
> Thank you Steve...
>
> But I think Charlie is right.
>
> Disclaimer no Americans under the age of 21 is allowed  to read below this
> line.
>
> Now when we made certain to draw attention I can only excuse any explicit
> language but I think it is necessary and the majority will be in swedish.
>
> Yes, I remember reading that about the Farmalls now. My Boxer is a Volvo BM
> 350 Boxer. Bolinder Munktell was bought by Volvo in 1950 after some years
> of cooperation and there are both red (Volvo BM) and green (BM Volvo)
> machinery that are basically the same. I have no Idea but I believe that a
> swedish farmer with a BH would have been mocked, since a BH is what keeps
> the titties in place. Kind of like when Honda began distributing commercial
> material for the Honda Fitta "Small on the outside, big on the inside".
> This costed Honde several million euros when they had to draw back all the
> commercial when they found out that fitta in Swedish means cunt which is a
> wellknown fact in the Nordic countries. All the motorjournalists wrote a
> lot of funny stuff about testdriving the new fitta. No I won't make any
> quotations I believe you have imagination enough, if not take any car
> magazine and change the words.
>
> An interesting llink.
>
> http://www.volvoce.com/constructionequipment/corporate/en-gb/AboutUs/history/history%20track/Pages/introduction.aspx
>
> Mattias
>
> www.rodjagard.n.nu
>
>
> 2013/6/17 Steve W. <swilliams268 at frontier.com>
>
> > Herb Metz wrote:
> > > Mattias,
> > > Appreciated your selection of antiques.  The attractive Farmall with
> > > adjustable wide front appears to be an M model, but the circled letter
> > > on
> > > front sheet metal indicates an EM model.  Do you know why?
> > > I am of opinion that 1949 or 1950 Chevy station wagon with that nearly
> > all
> > > glass rear end was not standard styling; this appears to be the Nomad
> > > version?    Also, what version had that big splash of chrome down the
> > side?
> > > I like the idea of including tractors and cars/trucks in the same
> > > antique
> > > show; a few of the smaller shows in southeast USA do that.  Don’t know
> > about
> > > other regions.
> > > Herb
> > >
> >
> >
> > The EM is a British built Farmall BM but was tagged as an EM for Sweden
> > only. That was to prevent confusion since there was  a company named
> > Bollinder Munktel already making BM badged tractors.
> > (British built Farmalls were tagged with B in front of the "common"
> > model id. so you could have a BH or BM or B450 or whatever. Some were
> > identical to the US version while others were slightly different)
> >
> >
> > 1949 Chevy Nomad Wagon.
> >
> > --
> > Steve W.
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