Auction M part 10 final update, the rest of the story

Weve been able to run the auction M around enough now, and other than a couple of minor things that still need to be done, I feel that we have a tractor that is back in good working order ready to go back to work. This has been a fun project, and luckily a fairly easy one. This was a good one to get son involved with. Son has told me several times now that he thinks it needs to be painted, he wants it to look nice, and frankly I agree, so hes not going to have to twist my arm too hard to get me to dig out my painting stuff! I would like to thank all of you, being able to come here and get help, or just share our progress with you had meant more to me than you know. If youll indulge me Id like to explain why. We lost sons grandfather back in December. He wasnt just my father, he was my friend. I cant begin to tell you about all the projects we worked on together. You could give him a screwdriver, pliers, adjustable wrench, and a hammer, and I dont care what pile of junk you brought him it would be operating in short order. Son me and dad were close so the loss was pretty hard on us. I tried so hard to learn everything I could from him, but in someways I failed. Theres so much I still dont know, I guess there is just never enough time. After he passed I really wasnt interested taking something like this on for awhile. There were a couple of tractors that I had a chance to get involved with but when I saw this M something just told me I should try for it. Some of you may remember the original idea was to buy it for the parts I wanted and sell it on. Once son wanted to get involved that plan changed quickly, and now it has a home with us! This was also at times an emotional project for me. There were times I would swear to you Dad was in the shop with us. When we got the first start son ran down to the house to get his mother yelling all the way. Come on mom its running! I stayed in the shop and shed a tear. Luckily I was able to compose myself just as he was coming up the hill with my wife in tow. Not because i didnt want him to see me cry but because I didnt want him to be upset since he would know immediately why my eyes were wet. I sure wish dad was still here to see how well son did on this one! I usually dont talk much about these kind of things so thank you for letting me be long winded. Thank you for taking a look at our posts. Thank you for your comments and thoughts. I really appreciate this site. This is a great community and all of you make it that way. Unless something new happens I think this will close our updates on this project. Im sure it wont take long before I have questions on whatever we work on next so Ill thank you in advance for the help!


First time I saw the tractor on the auction lot.



After finally giving her a little light work last week.

Similar thing happened with me and Allis CA. My Dad was always so proud of learning on an Allis B and cutting hay for his uncle when was a 12 year old city kid. I told myself if I ever had a chance I would buy one in honor of him. Found a CA that had been sitting in a barn for 10 years, buddy went with me to load and haul it. I had it running the next day and when I hit the starter and it jumped to life I just broke down and cried. We used it to pull a parade wagon a couple weeks later at a family reunion so I got to tell the story to his extended family. Still have it and know Dad would be pleased.

Very touching story. Lots of good memories also.
Glad you got the tractor working well. Please continue to stay in touch here.

Sorry about your father's passing. You are fortunate to get to spend this time with your son!!! My son lives about 10 miles away and doesn't come around unless he needs something and the only grandson that shows any interest in tractors is an hour and a half away, so I highly doubt that I will ever experience what you and your son did together. I envy you!! Keep up the good work!!

Great story, and I am sure your son learned many things.

Great story, one day your son may be telling it to his son!

Have you tried buffing out the paint as it is? It's only original once!

Steve,
We havent done anything with the paint yet. Its not original. Looks to be an old respray done after the 3 point was added. It appears that whoever painted it left the hood on. Everything above the hood line appears to be original paint. If we do paint it I would like to leave the original paint alone.

That is a very good story and I thank you for sharing it with us. Maybe you can start a new series telling us about the Case under the shed in the last picture !!

Thanks for sharing that.
I have followed your progress all along and I know you are proud of your son.
And Grandpa would be so proud also.
Richard in NW SC

So sorry for your dad's loss. The tractor has brought all of yall together, and will continue to produce good memories as time passes. I believe has found a forever home with your family.

Congratulations on your project as it was a nice story you told. My Dad died ten years ago and I still miss him. He didn't know jack about working on anything but he did teach me how to make money and instilled a good work ethic in me.

On a side note, do yourself and your son a favor and put a muffler on that thing. You will not regret it later on in life.

Don't worry, your dad was there with you & your son every day. I am sure he was cheering you on as you two proceed with the project. I am sure there were days when he was simply shaking his head when what appeared to him as a simple problem that was throwing roadblocks at you two. I know my dad and dear departed brother-in-law are with me doing the same things whenever I run into a road block. Thanks for keeping us informed.

Great story! Good luck with the paint. Ron MN

awesome story, and sorry for the loss of Grandpa, but great kudos to working with
Son and making a piece come back from history. Good luck with it, you are ahead of
me and our 880 project, will try to load some of it after we get done with Soybeans.
GG

I will echo the sentiments that many have posted here. I know I already made a reply to one of your early posts about this project. There I said how rare it is with the new generation to be involved with something like this, taking away learned skills that will help him the rest of his life. And one on one father son time just cannot be beat.
Rick