I recently acquired my great grandpas 52 CA because I have another ca and it had some parts I need, but the more I think about it I want to fix.
Rationally I think it may be too far gone. The engine is seized, all the sheet metal is damaged, fuel tank has big dent and rust, the Wide front end has weld repairs, the torque tube is a C tube because the original was broken. BOth rear rims are swiss cheese and need replaced, tires may be salvageable, but need tubes at minimum. It currently has a massey ferguson seat on it but would switch back to a pan.
It has not run in at least 10 years, and lived a hard life. If i have to replace everything except the transmission and final drives is it really still the same tractor? At what point do you decide it is just not worth the money / time / effort? how many parts tractors do you acquire to make a good one?
I really dont need two tractors, heck dont even need one but like to pull at the local fairs. I traded a 1947 Minneapolis Moline RTU for the CA that I already owned and it already has had all the tins replaced and runs decent. It is a snap coupler tractor where ggpa's is a pin hitch. I was thinking about getting a 3 pt adapter so I could use a box blade to maintain my driveway, but that is the only work I would use the tractor for.
Rationally I think it may be too far gone. The engine is seized, all the sheet metal is damaged, fuel tank has big dent and rust, the Wide front end has weld repairs, the torque tube is a C tube because the original was broken. BOth rear rims are swiss cheese and need replaced, tires may be salvageable, but need tubes at minimum. It currently has a massey ferguson seat on it but would switch back to a pan.
It has not run in at least 10 years, and lived a hard life. If i have to replace everything except the transmission and final drives is it really still the same tractor? At what point do you decide it is just not worth the money / time / effort? how many parts tractors do you acquire to make a good one?
I really dont need two tractors, heck dont even need one but like to pull at the local fairs. I traded a 1947 Minneapolis Moline RTU for the CA that I already owned and it already has had all the tins replaced and runs decent. It is a snap coupler tractor where ggpa's is a pin hitch. I was thinking about getting a 3 pt adapter so I could use a box blade to maintain my driveway, but that is the only work I would use the tractor for.