I got it!!!!

DeltaRed · Nov 2, 2013

I now have a '2 banger'.44 Jd 'A'.It has a wfe from an Farmall M,the seat from an M also.Needs tires/paint...Pd $1000.Drove it home.ran great!The tractor was bought by Mr.McHenry in 66 from a neighbor with the seat and front on it.Its primary job was in pinto beans,especially the harvest.A prime example of someone who needed something that wasnt available,or 'unaffordable'.American ingenuity at its finest!.I love it....

Tom in Mo. · Nov 2, 2013

Looks like a lifetime of smiles to me! Have fun and don't change it.

JayinNY · Nov 2, 2013

Lol, that's pretty neat, heck evin my farmall H don't have a factory front end, it's a Swartz wfe! Nice tractor.

Janicholson · Nov 2, 2013

It looks great. I hope it stays in that format. Paint might be OK but not needed. Jim

DeltaRed · Nov 2, 2013

It will stay just as it is.IF,IF it gets painted,the wfe and seat will be red,the rest will be normal JD colors...

Jake in NY · Nov 2, 2013

I would actually really like to see this with the "combo" paint job!

Cool find!

Wheat Farmer · Nov 2, 2013

You going to be a busy Boy this winter. Ha Ha
Looks like you ran the tires off already.

casecollectorsc · Nov 2, 2013

Heck, that old gal has been around since 44 in original clothes, I think it gives it a lot of character!! Believe it or not, I had a 44 hand crank A when I started farming for a while in 68!!

picassomcp · Nov 2, 2013

Great Job Delta!!

I hope you enjoy that tractor as much as you enjoy your Farmalls, just don't like it so much that you get rid of your Farmalls for more green tractors! lol. I think it looks great

larry@stinescorner · Nov 3, 2013

thats great! Now you are Delta red green

FLOLDFORD · Nov 3, 2013

Necessity is the mother of invention! I would leave it like it is well maybe some newer front tires. Would love to hear the story of how it ended up with the M wfe

showcrop · Nov 3, 2013

That is a very big looking A. I see a lot at the pulls and it still amazes me the difference in size in one model. The seat is very much like the one on my Oliver 70. Must have been built by the same component manufacturer

rrlund · Nov 3, 2013

A John Dall A?

SweetFeet · Nov 3, 2013

DeltaRed,
Congratulations. It is really neat - just the right amount of rust.

I actually like the Farmall seat... it is part of the "story" of that tractor.

M w J · Nov 3, 2013

The seats were an after market seat I have 1 on a b John Deere And 1 on a h and m Farmall.

rustyfarmall · Nov 3, 2013

Those Monroe seats were aftermarket. I have seen quite a few of them on John Deeres similar to yours. In fact, I have one that is now doing duty as a seat out in my shop. When I started cleaning it up for repairs and a repaint, I found John Deere green was the FIRST color. Nothing but bare metal under the green.

old popper · Nov 3, 2013

Congratulations Steve. Nice looking old A. You really look good sitting on that green tractor. Dale

Rick Kr · Nov 3, 2013

Looks pretty good. As Larry said, you are now "Delta Red Green" just go easy on the duct tape.

Rick

rankrank1 · Nov 3, 2013

Nice A at quite fair price too.

I think it would look good either way as far as paint: Cleaned up the way it is currently as it has lots of character IMOP the way it is. Also it would look good too with fresh paint on the green JD areas as well as red paint on the IH areas. In short, it is unique either way.

Is that an old section of tire serving as a mudflap for the flywheel to help protect the operator? I have never seen anything like that done on any of the ole A's with exposed flywheels. Farmer ingenuity at its best I guess.

DeltaRed · Nov 3, 2013

Yes,that was an old tire/'mudflap'.

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