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CenTexFarmall

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Went to the swap meet today in Ft. Worth at LaGrave field. Was surprised to see a whole complete M sitting there.

Wherever it came from it had been there a while; both rear tires completely shot and completely flat (but only on the bottom), fronts had been flat a while too but were new (well, maybe new in 1980, they still had the little pips on them), engine was stuck (crank moved enough to take up slack in rod bearings), shifter very stiff. I didn't write down the SN but I think it was an earlier tractor, not '39 early but definately not a later one.

I enquired as to the asking price and was able to keep a straight face when he told me $1000. But he was quick to remark that is was negotiable and adamant that he didn't want to load it back on the trailer. I didn't blame him with those tires.

It really needed rescuing, but I decided not to pursue negotiations being that a stage 1 Super M followed me home last week and I value my wife's companionship.

So if you're in the mood for another project there's one available just north of downtown Ft. Worth. I'll bet it's still there tomorrow.
 

Sounds like I'm not out of line for asking 950.00 for one that will and and can drive on to a trailer.
caseman-d
 
"cheaper" is not always a better deal. Two years ago I paid $1300 for a stage 1 super H. I will probably spend $1500 to $2000 more to get it like I want + not having the tractor available for the past several years of parades, etc. It had more wrong with it than I thought, even though it ran up on the trailer.

Part of it is my fault, in that I am wanting it fixed up a lot better than I originally planned.
Looking back, I should have looked around, and for another 5 or 6 hundred could have probably found a restored one, ready to hit the parade circuit.


Oh well, I wanted a "project"

Geen
 
My M was running and driving for $2k with front loader. It smokes. Hydraulics seep. Loader bucket creeps downward. Lotta hoses need replacing. Now, the carb needs a rebuild. I just bought a 3pt hitch for it. In a few years and a few thousand dollars, it may be worth $2k and I probably won't ever sell it.

There's an old joke that a boat is a hole in the water into which you pour money. A tractor is just a boat on dry land. :)
 
My grandpa always said, "It is the good tractors that are froze up. The pieces of chit are so sloppy they still aren't froze up."
I don't think he is out of line for asking that much. He would probably take 20% less and he could part it out for more than that, especially if it had fenders or any other odd items. I would buy it for 800 if it had fenders then junk the rest.
 
I think that's pretty normal. You get in there and then "might as well" do this or that. Also transmission and bearing problems are hard to diagnose on something that's not running.
 
Didn't have any fenders or any aftermarket stuff. The hood was bent up too.

I think he would be more likely to scrap it than try to part it. I say this because his main thing was selling car parts. He was obviously not a tractor enthusiast. I figure he drug it up from a relatives farm just to see what would happen.
 
Reading all these mails and knowing what the costs involved can be I would still rather buy the semi junk and have the fun????? of the restoration. As to the value-- always debateable but in the end always just an agreement between two people. AND the next guy you speak to could have got one at half the price. But I do agree that these old tractors are just a direction to throw your money(or certainely can be) MTF
 
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