I have mentioned this on here before but here it goes again.Back in the mid 1960's a family moved up here from Perryton,Texas.They bought 240 acres 3 miles east of us.They hauled up a nice old 1940's model 123 IH SP combine (been in family since new) on an old K series IH truck.A nice shed was built and the combine sat there unused for nearly 40 years.You could easily see it from the road.It still had red paint and would have been easy to have gotten running.The man died 15 yrs ago and his widow rented the farm out and moved to town.She sold none of the machinery.I thought that when she had a farm sale I would buy the old 123 as Dads first combine was a 123 IH.Well,she never had a farm sale and just started selling stuff off which I didnt know.From what I hear,she about gave some of it away. One day 2-3 years ago it dawned on me that the old 123 IH combine was missing from the shed.So I decided to try and track it down.This is really what got me started on collecting old combines. I contacted the widow (Edna K) whom I know very well.Shes a real nice lady in her early 80's and cant remember what happened to it.Shes went thru all her records and cant find anything on it.I then talked to the farm renter whom lives a mile away and has farmed the place for years and he doesnt know what happened to it.So then I talked to the gal that rents the house on the farm and has for 7 years.I work with her and she doesnt know anything.So then I call her grandson that lives 20 miles away.He remembers the combine well but doesnt know what happened to it.He played on it as a kid. I think that it must have gotten stolen.How could a junker sneak that combine out of there without anyone knowing?The house renter (Tammy) works nights and is home by 8 am every morning.The combine would have to have been taken right by the house. All I know to do is run an ad in the local paper offering a finders fee and see if anyone knows anything about it.If not I'll give up on it but I will always wonder what happened to it.It will make me ill if I find out that its been junked.I had my chance and didnt act.Procastination sure cost me as always shedded IH 123 combines are practically non existant. I now own a 1940's model 123 IH SP combine but its 400 miles away and has sat out all its life.The neighbors would have been so easy to have gotten home.3 miles sure beats 400 miles.
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