[AT] Buying a special tractor

[Recentjester at aol.com]

be kinda like go'in half on a wife I think
 
 
In a message dated 5/22/2013 11:48:34 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
charliehill at embarqmail.com writes:

Joe your  message showed up the first time and a couple of guys responded 
to  
it.
Check to see if your ATIS mail is going to a Spam folder or being  blocked 
by 
your ISP

Charlie

-----Original Message-----  
From: jahaze at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:04 PM
To:  Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: [AT] Buying a special  tractor

I sent a rather long message to the list about two weeks ago,  but I never 
saw it show up so I thought i'd try again.

I was bored  the other day and started browsing the Aaumann auction web 
site 
and ran  across the big sale scheduled for this September in New York 
State. 
I  don't remember the name right off hand.  Anyway, after looking over all  
the really cool heavy iron, one little old rusty tractor really jumped out  
at me.  It is quite rare with only four previously know to exist  (this was 
not one of them). Anyway, it's a Fitch four-power, one of the  first four 
wheel drive tractors built in the mid-1920's right here in my  little town 
of 
Big Rapids, Michigan.  There is another restored one  here locally, but it 
is 
a different model than the one coming up for  sale.  The one in the sale 
looks complete, but it is in very rough  shape (and will probably look 
worse 
in person).

I want to buy the  tractor, but I have no idea what it will sell for, and 
that's my  problem.  I could come up with $10,000 for it on my own, but all 
 
these rusty old things seems to go for high prices then get sent overseas  
(the auction is full of big prairie tractors which will probably head that  
way).  What are the chances that this one will slip through the  cracks and 
come home with me?  The other thing I am struggling with  is what if I go 
there and it sells for $12,000?  Has anyone here ever  bought a tractor 
with 
a partner?  This thing has some very  significant local ties, maybe I can 
find someone who would go in with  me.

What would you do?  I'm planning to take a few vacation days  and head over 
there, it should be fun if nothing else.

Enjoy,  Joe

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