The Red wrote on Friday, March 02, 2001 (PST): Good luck on your rebuild Art! About that $9,500 Super A-1, I hope that individual can get that, but it may be an offering price for insurance reasons. In central Indiana, that tractor would at best sell for $3,000-$4,000. Have fun! Bama Red wrote on Friday, March 02, 2001 (PST): I gotta agree with The Red. In Eastern Tennessee your restored tractor would be worth about $3000-$3500, tops. But you'll probably get $10,000 worth of enjoyment out of it! Post some pictures as your restoration progresses so we can see your baby. "Country" Elliott wrote on Saturday, March 03, 2001 (PST): Nice article Art,but the boys are right about that restored Super A.At any rate none of us who restore old red tractors would never think of selling them... even for inflated prices. I'm sure that guy was "asking" a high price just so he wouldn't have to sell his tractor. Norman Baggett wrote on Saturday, March 03, 2001 (PST): I enjoyed your article about your "Big Red" tractor. I still have the second tractor my Dad ever owned. In 1941 he bought a John Deere B tractor. In 1952 he traded it off and bought a Farmall H Tractor. I runs, but I have been too busy to get it restorerd. We go to Kodiak Island every summer and do Volunteer work at the Kodiak Baptist Mission. I do maintenance work for them and my wife teaches a class for the little kids called "Foods and Manners" She is a former home economics teacher and I am a retired high school shop teacher. One of these days I will get around to restoring the old "H". When my son was in high school we rebuilt a 1940 Farmall A tractor. We took it completely down and went through the whole thing. We were raising melons, peppers, tomatoes and all that stuff that is good for your colesterol leve. We went into the farmers market at Davenport, Iowa. We live at New Boston, Illinois a little town along the Mississippi River. Greg Ballantyne wrote on Sunday, March 04, 2001 (PST): Nice story. I'm a little more partial to orange rather than red when it comes to tractors, but have admired many a beautiful red Farmall. Never seen one sell for anywhere near as high as $9500.00 though. Good luck to the seller trying to get it. DeereMan wrote on Sunday, March 04, 2001 (PST): Nice article Art! I can relate to growing up thinking there is only one color tractor made....but for me it was GREEN! My grandpa had green, my dad worked at the John Deere Tractor Works, and now I work at john Deere Dubuque Works. I also looked to my favorite color tractor when I bought a farm last year (a 4020 John Deere). My wife keeps saying that's all I want to do is find an excuse to get out on that tractor! On a sidenote, we also have chickens (Production Reds) and sell the eggs for $1 a dozen. They are free range ones and all we do is feed them layer mash. But my wife works in an office with a bunch of city slickers that just say "what's the difference between your eggs and the ones at the store?" I'm the "egg salesman" and I've got a few ghuys at work that each want 2 dozen a week! Anyway, keep the good stories coming! Glenn wrote on Sunday, March 04, 2001 (PST): Art, that was a great article! Its funny how someone gets a certain color "under their skin" and can't get rid of it. I've got red fever too, but I've also been afflicted with orange. At any rate, I've got my late grandfather's Farmall 100 sitting in my garage patiently waiting for restoration to start. It runs fine but doesn't look too good. Like the others, I'll never want to part with it. This old iron is too much fun! Ross Doerr wrote on Sunday, March 04, 2001 (PST): I know what you mean, I am a blue man but also like red ones also You should have never tore the old barn down you cant replace that with a tin shed! Ad a Ford 8n to your collection they are part red! Warren Newton wrote on Monday, March 05, 2001 (PST): Nice story Art, but like others $9500.00 sounds high. I would be happy if i saw half of that for my super"A" Farmall. That is when I get it done. Last Thanksgiving I bought a super "A" on the internet. The motor was stuck, but I had a motor that was on a combine that would fit right in it. So, after I got it home I put the combine motor in it. The I checked the compression, and there wasn't any. The rings were stuck to the pistons. I checked with an auto parts placeand they said to put Rosinlin oil treatment in the spark plugs holes and let it set for a week or so. After w couple of weeks it had enought compression to start it. After it ran a bit it had good compression. It sure sounds sweet to hear it purr. I should have it done in a month or so. Good luck on your super "A" I live in Port Huron Michigan. T Bone wrote on Tuesday, March 06, 2001 (PST): There is no cure for a man "born and bred RED".We can't help it if we are right and the rest of the world is green(wrong)!Just kidding,but you can't run fast enough to give me a green thing. Steamer wrote on Wednesday, March 07, 2001 (PST): Art, Glad to see you're having fun. We don't live all that far apart, so I might just run into you at a local show sometime. I've always been slightly partial to the green and yellow equipment myself, but I also have a place for red and orange ones as well. We had a JD dealership when I was growing up, but we worked on all of them. Enjoy that super old IH! ray wrote on Tuesday, March 13, 2001 (PST): I like you comments about you liking for the color red but don't forget that your Rhode Island Reds have to eat my favorite color to and that is JOHN DEERE GREEN grass. I hope you get your tractor all restored.I'm in the prosess of trying to get my great grand father's 1937 JD-A back into the family so I can restore it.I bought a nice 16ft Big Tex trailer a couple a years ago it weight was 15050lbs and I pulled it with a 1994 F150 with a 6cyl in it.and hauled a 5500lbs JD-A. wayne wrote on Thursday, March 15, 2001 (PST): I have restored a massey harris 22 and a massey harris mustang. Red Am now restoreing a farmall A 1941 model.Red . But all tractors are good some just like green. by the way i belong to a john deere club. Richard Funk wrote on Monday, March 26, 2001 (PST): Thank you for your article! Don't much care for red except in trucks. Of course if you happened to mention orange, as in Aliis Chambers Orange, I could understand your passion a bit better. Good luck to you on your tractor! Dick Tye wrote on Saturday, April 06, 2002 (PST): Great article!!! I think that no matter what color of tractor people like, wheather it be blue, red, green, or purple with yellow poka dots, all of us are infected with a unique love for our farm history. We all hold a special interest that the average Joe will never understand. So keep fresh oil in what ever kind of tractor you have and keep this wonderful country's past in the hearts of generations to come. God bless. daveo wrote on Friday, May 09, 2003 (PDT): Congratulations on living your dream! It sounds like a ‘fairy tale’ come true. If you’re gonna dream…dream BIG, it always works!! Blessings always….putt, putt. (Two cylinder farewell) ;) Ernest L. Wagner wrote on Monday, November 01, 2004 (PST): Red,Green,Orange,Blue,or Gray,these old tractors are something that can't be replaced today. Anyone that has an old tractor should be proud of it! They are all History and need to be saved. I love old People too,they can tell you things that have long passed and make you feel so good;especially since the world has gone to you know where in a hand basket.Losing them is like losing a book of knowledge and Old Tractor are right in there too! Lots of luck with your tractor and don't think about what you CAN get out of it, but, what fun and enjoyment she'll give you in your lifetime! God Bless. TOM HOFFMAN wrote on Wednesday, November 02, 2005 (PST): ART, WOULD YOU BE INTERESTED IN BUYING ANOTHER NICE RED TRACTOR? I HAVE A REAL NICE FARMALL 300 FOR SALE IN MICHIGAN. NEW ENGINE, TIRES AND CLUTCH. PAINT IS NICE BUT NOT NEW. t boy 2 wrote on Thursday, January 12, 2012 (PST): Here it is January 12 2012. I hope those Red chickens are still with you and the Super A Farmall. Good story doublethough wrote on Saturday, January 12, 2013 (PST): Trucks are red, tractors are green. Bert H McCumber wrote on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 (PST): Enjoyed reading this article, I'm a big Super A person myself!

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