[AT] Now OT, Ralph's videos

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Thanks Ralph for showing.  Very interesting.

Cruising the streets again some sixty years later should certainly draw interested, lucky bystanders.

The WD9 was a horse in its day; one of the main tractors in western KS wheatfields. Herb(GA)


> On March 26, 2018 at 10:21 PM Ralph Goff wrote:
> 
> 
>     On 3/26/2018 3:05 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> 
>         > > Ralph you mentioned your Mercury videos. A friend of mine's brother
> >         in law just paid
> >         about $25,000 USD for a '49 Mercury that needs some work. It's one
> >         like he drove when he
> >         met his wife. Just thought you'd like to know that. You might have
> >         more value in your
> >         Mercury cars than you think! They were surprised to see that it has a
> >         Holey carb on it that
> >         is factory original.
> > 
> >     > Charlie, those 49 to 51 Mercs are the collectible "James Dean" Mercury
>     models. The 52-54 cars have not acquired such an aura of celebrity and are
>     more affordable. I've seen nice driver quality restorations in the
>     $12000 range. Yes, Holley carbs were standard on those Mercs. Mine has
>     the one
>     some refer to as the "towering inferno" Holley two barrel.
>     I'm looking forward to summer driving the 52. Maybe cruise the same
>     streets of town where my dad used to drive it in the 1960s.
>     Just to keep this tractor related, at one of the car shows I took the
>     Merc to last summer there was a nicely restored WD9 McCormick IH tractor
>     that belongs
>     to a local guy. I think it shows up in this video I shot that day. At
>     about the 43 second mark. https://youtu.be/Jnx2SiLFyq8
> 
>     Ralph in Sask.
> 
> 
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