F20 with road gear

James Williams · Nov 19, 2012

I went tractor shoping yesterday and found this F20 with road gear,also found a good looking F12 on steel.My freind was able to buy the F20 for four hundred bucks.I also bought a very used 12.4x38 tire for 30 bucks,than me,my wife and friend went to the Chinese buffet and parked the old F20 right in front of the restraunt,my wife hates it

jimmy

DeltaRed · Nov 19, 2012

Paint like this,she will love it.Btw,this one has a road gear.It will really fly!!

Anonymous-0 · Nov 19, 2012

What is top flght speed?

Glenn

DeltaRed · Nov 19, 2012

I figure its over 20.downright scarry to pull it wideopen

SweetFeet · Nov 19, 2012

Jimmy,
Really neat. Looks like your friend has his work cut out for him - a great project. This F20 looks about like our Regular brought it home. Will your friend leave it rusty or paint it?

I bet that ol' girl sure got some looks from people coming and going from the restaurant. Not too often one gets to see an antique tractor in town.

Mike (WA) · Nov 19, 2012

Nice find. I see it has the rare "raised white letter" front tire option, as well. Bonus!

James Williams · Nov 19, 2012

SweetFeet,My freind is in his 40s,and has never had a job,he works on these old ones for a living,and does very well,he probally has a 100 plus old Farmalls and McCormicks,He doesnt beleive in paint,hell use wd 40 several times a year to preserve them.All of his tractors will start with a crank or two.If anyone comes out this way it would make a good visit,We also have a mutual freind that has about 300 old tractors under roof,and he loves people to come and look

jimmy

Tim [GA] · Nov 19, 2012

DeltaRed: Dad had a an F-20 with the steering column and seat raised like yours. There was an assembly bolted to the dirreential housing that allowed you to raise and lower cultivators. We were located in central Indiana. It was interesting tractor to drive with the cable brakes. Thank you for the picture.

SweetFeet · Nov 19, 2012

Jimmy,

Very neat to hear that she won't get painted! Husband and I have become big fans of rust or original faded paint, if not rusty.

My husband's tractors all start with a just a crank or two, also - it is something he takes pride in.

Would be so much fun to see the guy's 100+ Farmalls & McCormicks (and the other guy's too)... but we do not travel much at all. Maybe sometime you could post some photos of your friend's rusty Farmalls. We just love rusty, old anything - but especially Farmalls.

John in Nebraska · Nov 19, 2012

The Farmall looked pretty complete. What part of the country is your friends private museum in?

rrlund · Nov 19, 2012

HMMMMM,old American iron at a CHINESE restaurant,sound's right to me.

Adirondack case guy · Nov 19, 2012

When I was in collage, a classmate fabed in an Olds 494, and 4spd auto trany in one of them. in the Ag shop. He took it out onto the road. We clocked him at 50mph, and it was a shakin and wobbling at that speed, and he haden't hardly opened the 494 up.
Loren, the Acg.

James Williams · Nov 19, 2012

Northern VA

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