Old B That Didn't Get Recycled to China (refurbished)

Not for the Correct Police!

Here is the early 1940's B that we have been working on for the last 6 -8 months. The first picture is what it looked like after the barn fire....Paint and tires burned off, lead in radiator melted out, springs with no tension due to the heat and all rubber and plastic parts disintegrated.

After many hours of work, she is back to run another day. This is not an expo "restoration" nor a Paint Job restoration, but somewhere in between that satisfies the owner just fine. Refurbished, reworked, call it what you want. No, the stainless steel spark plug wire conduit is not original, nor are the stainless steel lower water pipe and the stainless exhaust pipe, but she runs good. The melted mag was replaced along with the valve springs and a carb rebuild to get it to BASICALLY run, then many other parts new, used and reproduction were installed to get it to the state in the second picture. Those front 15 inch rims were hard to find and the rear rims are reproductions from Unverferth.

Nothing runs like a Deere.

You did a really good job on that B! I'm 15 and I'm fixing up a 1949 John Deere A that I bought at a auction 2 years ago and I hope to get it going this spring, it needs a lot of work done on it, I'm going to completely rebuild the engine and I think I need to do some transmission work on it too. The pressed steel frame was busted up from a loader being used, but I put on a different one now. The tractor is in pieces now. Me and my Dad collect Farmalls and we do have a few John Deeres, but none of the Deeres are running yet, I've never drove a John Deere before, but I will when I get my A going.

Andy.

CONGRATS ON A JOB VERY WELL DONE!

Hard to believe it is the same tractor. Good work.

Congratulations on a job well done.

Here is what she looks like today. Ready to go to work.