John Deere 50 question

I paid $1000 for my 1955 50 series p/s tach w/f loader almost a year ago. It also came witha about $800 in extra parts - tires, seat, paint grille ,gaskets

Andy,
I know this is not a fair comparison. I bought my 1955 50 nearly ten years ago. I bought it at an antique tractor consignment auction. I paid $1000 for it, loader not included. It was running on 1 cylinder when auctioned. However, my son and I discovered prior to bidding was all it needed was a new distributor cap and plug wires. We had the opportunity start the tractors we were interested in 1 hour before the sale. Once started, he grabbed the distributor and wires and it took right off on 2. He was a crazy young kid at the time, and got a good jolt, but very smart with tractors. Once he let go, it was back to running on 1. This tractor was straight of the farm. Sheet metal was straight. 2 year old paint job. The only thing I've done since is re-line the clutch and brakes, cleaned the carb, and replaced the decals. It's had a leisure life till this fall. My sister used it to plow 20 acres of alfalfa sod with a 2-14 plow. Worked just fine.

Good-looking 50, for sure. You got a good deal there, even at 10 year-ago dollars. Who's the driver?

Stan

We never had a 50, but I sure wanted one back in '53 or '54.

Stan

Best of luck. The 50 is a great little tractor.
John