[AT] Auction weather

[charlie hill]

Yes I saw it before too but didn't take the time to reply.
There was a lot of farming done on those little Fords and Fergies
around here in the early 50's.  I always enjoyed driving them but
of course I was a kid then and my feet weren't quite as big.  Well
I guess the rest of me wasn't as big either.  grins.

If I could have all the toys I want one of those would be among them I'm 
sure.

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Al Walker
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2013 12:09 AM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Auction weather

This did not seem to make it to the list the first time, so we will try 
again.



Hey Folks,
The weather here was pretty decent on Saturday.  Decent enough for an 
auction.  So I went to one.  Found a lot of interesting items, including 
this cute little gray tractor with the big gray "eyes".  It clearly was 
saying "buy me, buy me."  Well, to make a longer story shorter, it did come 
home with me. A 1955 Ford 860 like I have been in search of.  It has 
sand-blasted sheet metal that is primed in gray.  It needs work on the "red" 
sections yet.  I want to upgrade the PTO to 1 3/8"  and add a swinging 
drawbar.  I've checked some places for used parts but they were all very 
proud of their parts so those parts can stay right where they are.  They 
were nearly the price of new parts.  Oh well, I get to hunt for the parts. 
This tractor has a Zenith carb while my first 860 has the Marvel-Schebler. 
My brother's 860 has the Marvel-Schebler too.  The Zenith is so small 
compared to the M-S.  Some one at the auction, perhaps a poor loser, turned 
the main jet down as tight as he coul!
d.  I had a bit of a time getting it re-started to drive it home.  It only 
wanted to run on full choke.  After I got that backed out 2 1/2 rounds, it 
ran much better.  I put it to work right away by hooking onto the 3-point 
blade and smoothed the ruts in the drive way.  Learned that I am going to 
want better brakes than this one has at the moment.  All in all, a very good 
tractor day for me.
Al in NW MN

http://private.fotki.com/alwalker/ford-861/
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