MikeinKy

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Any idea what to offer for a 1950 that has been stored in a barn for 15 yrs, with 4 flat tires and rough sheet metal. That is about all I
know about it. The old guy claims that it was all good when it was last used. Rented the farm out and didn't use the tractor. He isn't sure
if he wants to sell it but will take an offer.
 
Going strictly by what you said and assuming it will take a bit of work and money to get it going plus still need fresh rubber it is probably worth more to a parts yard than what it is for somebody who wants to revive it. Tell him he needs to pump up the tires and hookup a good battery to start it if he wants much more than 1,500 dollars for it. If the tires have been flat for years the sidewalls probably have serious cracks in them therefore they are junk. Just my opinion but even if the tires will hold air and he can start it plus it has oil pressure with no knocks I don't see much more than 3,500-4,000 dollars worth of value.
 
It is a 1950 GM. I don't want it started, I want to buy it cheap enough to fix it up. I have been wanting a Oliver GM for a while. I used to have a John Deere 435 with a GM diesel and I had a weak moment and traded it for an airplane. I wish I had it back. The guy at Rantoul with the noisy 990 makes me lust. I don't know if he is on here or not, but he has a cool tractor. I took a John Deere 820 out there in 2015. I have a friend who is a Detroit mechanic and he likes to work on the 2 strokes. He said if I found one we would make it run good.
 
As long as that is how you want to approach it. My opinion stays constant for the Waukesha or the Detroit as far as price goes which I should have noted this morning. I get liking things that most others would pass up. Maybe you can find some used rubber to take the sting out of refurbishing the tractor (if that is your choice).
 
The injectors will stick on them in as little as a year, not smart to try and start it because it could run away. I would say there is almost no chance it will run without freeing the rack or replacing the injectors. Jimmy Oliver's aren't cheap, you gotta pay to play with them.
 
First, determine the price at which you will be indifferent if you get it or not, and be prepared to pay that. A low ball offer will offend many on-the-fence sellers. IMHO, if he wants more than $2,000 he may have to wait a while before it sells.
 
Have some friends who collect, as it is he'd give scrap price...he wouldn't sell it for scrap.

I'd offer twice scrap if I was you, being me I'd look it over and probably walk away. Lot of tractors out there for sale and barn ornaments don't interest me.
 
One thing to consider is those 23.1-26 rears are expensive, although I think they may be easier to find than a decade or so ago because many combines are using them now,
I have both a 1900 and 1950 with straight pipes, nothing like a two stroke Detroit that is "on the pipe"!!!
 

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