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Markloff

11-25-2005 22:53:16

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Hello,

OK be honest on this one. Favorite brand and sentimental feelings aside, what do you think was the best LOOKING tractor ever made? If you were born on the moon and saw all the tractors from the 40's through the 70's for the first time today, what would you say is the best looking and why.

Mark

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Markloff

11-30-2005 10:14:01

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Ford 6000
Farmall Super M narrow front
Case 930/1030 Comfort King
Minneapolis Moline UTU narrow front

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john d

11-27-2005 12:21:00

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Farmall M, Farmall 560, JD G, Allis 190Xt.

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John M

11-27-2005 09:54:57

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

My favorite tractors are Farmall Ms, but I think one of the best looking tractors are the Golden Jubilees.Why I dont know but I really like the looks of them.

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PeteNY

11-27-2005 08:37:03

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Kinda hard to pick one...
Late Model JD B
Farmal 350 Row Crop
John 4020 wide with roll guard Canopy

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David A. Hodson

11-27-2005 05:59:27

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I have a few any tractor with the name FARMALL, the JD 4020, &4320 a few of the 60's & 70's MF.

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Mark - IN.

11-27-2005 05:58:30

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Ones that are actually used. Modified to fit the jobs or not, clean or dirty, rusty or shiny. To me, thems the best looking ones, if they work.

Mark

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Galen

11-27-2005 05:31:25

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

In my crumbled opinion - 801 Powermaster Series FORD Tractors, hands down! No other like it ever made!

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NC Wayne

11-26-2005 21:07:22

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Since it's what I know I'm gonna go outside the farming industry and say any cable crane ever made. My favorites are any of those set up with an attachment for other than simply lifting. I don't care what color they are or even if their rusted all to heck, if their being used to dragline, as a front shovel,pull shovel or whatever their just plain poetry in motion to watch.

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Feron

11-26-2005 20:22:15

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

To be honest there are many tractors in all colors that I like because each have their own quailities, I like the JD 4020 ,IHC 1066 ,AC D21. MF Super 90, Ford 7700 . But the one I likes the best is the 861 Ford with the Elenco 4x4. But that is the one I own

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RustyFarmall

03-22-2006 13:42:23

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Re: hedder tips? in reply to Tim Shultz, 03-22-2006 13:13:02

I have installed them on a '76 with a 390, so I can tell you that it would be best to have a buddy lending a hand. You need to be under the truck and up on top at the same time. You will also want the thick, heavy duty gaskets, and don't even start until you have the special header bolts, which should be included, but mine weren't. Another thing, the bolts that are holding the manifolds on now can be a real PITA to get out. Start soaking them now with your favorite brand of snake oil, and having a hot wrench handy might also be a good idea.

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Sid

11-26-2005 19:57:39

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

D-21 Allis

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Larry NE IL

11-26-2005 19:15:26

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Oliver 70 for sure. They lookeed like race cars to me when I was a kid!

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Larry NE IL

11-26-2005 19:14:58

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Oliver 70 for sure. They lookeed like race cars to me when I was a kid!

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Lincoln

11-26-2005 18:57:35

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

1086 International and Farmall 560

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Larry NE IL

11-26-2005 18:53:42

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Oliver 70 for sure. They lookeed like race cars to me when I was a kid!

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11-26-2005 18:16:51

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

It's not so much the looks as the sound the old ones make when the first fire up on a cold clear morning. W4

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jimont

11-26-2005 18:03:01

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I came in here a little late, but I always admired those Ford 8&9000's along with the 86&9600 series without cabs. Lots of good old American chrome,styling flare and good dependable horsepower.

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Red all the way

11-26-2005 17:15:31

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Massey Ferguson 65 Massey Ferguson 35

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mowr

11-26-2005 15:09:36

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I like the last of the Cockshutt 550's, built by Oliver; red with the egg crate grill. AND the Ford 801's.

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Dick L

11-26-2005 13:58:11

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

The Fleet Line Olivers. 66, 77, and 88.

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Vacherie

11-26-2005 13:09:03

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Ford 801

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730 virgil

11-26-2005 11:05:35

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

i like most tractors hard to say what would cacth my eye first maybe 77 or 88 ollies the red yellow and green paint just says look at me the red and gray or blue and gray fords 20 and 30 series deeres 300 , 400 farmalls masseys triple series costly to paint ( 5 colors ? ) another is the simpson tractor built in ca in late 40's green wheels , chrome hub caps , orange
paint how many have ever seem one ? and the graham - bradley

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jhill

11-26-2005 10:31:49

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

A tie between the 4020 John Deere and a Ford Jubilee

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chvet73

11-26-2005 08:55:18

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CLW

11-26-2005 08:54:02

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

If the spaceship was an older model (40-70) with a 3-point I would more than likely pick it. May depend on which transmission it had tho.
CLW

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Allan in NE

11-26-2005 08:17:34

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Doesn't work, Mark.

That's like asking, "Who is the prettiest girl"? Ask a hundred guys and you'll get 100 different answers.

However, the 966 open station has always been my favorite. A bulldog in an iron incarnate. :>)

Allan

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MNredfarmer

11-26-2005 07:53:02

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I always liked the looks of the 16-1755 front wheel scratch Olivers and a 1206 with fenders and a full set of weights

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John No Mi

11-26-2005 07:50:49

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

1951 MiniMo BF is my favorite. I might change to a 1957 335 MM

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Stan(PA)

11-26-2005 07:03:51

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I"m biased, since I don"t have use for any of the bigger machines, but the Allis B always was my favorite for classic tractor styling. I also really like the looks of the old Silver King tractors.

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Dave H (MI)

11-26-2005 06:54:27

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

When I wanted to get into old tractors I shopped them like you would a car. Went to a local old tractor dealer and looked at all he had. The Olivers...don't know much about them but the "77" I think is a good example...are probably the most cosmetically beautiful tractors with all that sheet metal and shiny paint but I don't think that I would want to marry one. For overall beauty, inside and out, the kind that lasts a lifetime, I would go Farmall M and, if you want to be very specific, the SMTA.

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kyhayman

11-26-2005 06:16:49

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

W/O cab 1206 IH, 1855 Oliver, and 4020 Deere

With cab 2955 Deere and 986 IH.

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Former gopher

11-26-2005 05:27:32

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

I don't disagree with anything that has been posted here (especially the part about "too hard to decide" given all the great tractors out there). I'll put in a plug for the "mini" versions, e.g. the Farmall A and B, the Massey Harris Pony, Allis B & C, etc. Just fun to look at these little guys and see some of the same engineering and practical utility that went with their "big brothers." Especially fun if you remember from your perspective as a kid.

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Jeff Oliver

11-26-2005 05:07:43

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Personally the best looking tractors to me are the hundred series Olivers. We never had one until about a year ago as we use JD"s but I have always loved the way they look. Second would be probably the 10-20 series JD"s and then the Fleetline and Super Olivers. Those two would really be a toss up to me but I had to write them in some order.

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Dave 2n

11-26-2005 05:06:40

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Farmall M; nothing else even close!!!

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11-26-2005 10:49:04

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Dave 2n, 11-26-2005 05:06:40

I second Dave, WITH ALL MY HEART.

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Hugh MacKay

11-26-2005 04:40:52

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Mark: Your first three respondants stole just about everyone's thunder. I mean just look at that old Case, imagine that red, yellow and green Oliver, The D series Allis, Styled Deeres and that little Ford. Only one thig you can add to that list, letter series Farmall.

Now, most practical and functional came 15 years later and 65 years later than the Case.

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Rod in Smiths Falls, ON,

11-26-2005 04:21:24

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

For the perfect mix of pulchritude and testosterone you can't beat this Ford I saw at Listowel in September.

Ford 840 4WD

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Fawteen

11-26-2005 04:21:04

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Hard choice to make. Personally, I can narrow it down to three favorites:

Allis D series, any of 'em
Oliver 70 with the yellow grille and red wheels
John Deere 30 series, from the 530 up.

Showin' my age, I reckon...

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Sloroll

11-26-2005 03:56:23

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Starting in the 40s leaves way to many beutiful tractors out. There is romance in the old iron that was never matched in later tractors of convenience.

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Sloroll

11-26-2005 03:41:09

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Markloff, 11-25-2005 22:53:16

Post 1913 Case 65hp Steam Traction Engine. If I have to explain why, you wouldn't understand.

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Joel Harman

11-26-2005 06:28:03

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Sloroll, 11-26-2005 03:41:09

don't have pic I can share...but 4 norwegian fjords pulling IH 23-a 4 gang orchard disc would be my choice

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krazy-ken

11-26-2005 07:43:13

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to Joel Harman, 11-26-2005 06:28:03

We had 44 masseys growing up,but a super MTA i will never forget.I am redoing one now.

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KRUSS

11-26-2005 08:47:09

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to krazy-ken, 11-26-2005 07:43:13

I like the looks of an A Farmall about as well as any. Pretty much useless for most jobs around my place. I bet a lot of them last another 65 years, though!!!!

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really jd-tractor

11-26-2005 09:14:23

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to KRUSS, 11-26-2005 08:47:09

The John Deere R all the way

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steveormary

11-26-2005 09:44:36

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to really jd-tractor, 11-26-2005 09:14:23

If it run good it looked good.

706 ger.diesel.

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Harley

11-26-2005 14:55:41

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Re: Be Honest. Promise? in reply to steveormary, 11-26-2005 09:44:36

IHC 1206

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