Tractor Restoration on TV

How about lots of gals in bikin's washing parts.

Especially if they bend over a bit.

Might put some high test in some of us old farts after burners.

I've got 7 1/2 Olivers I'm working on from a 1936 HP 70 to a 1966 770. I think that you have a winner, and I'd love to participate, especially if there are a lot of PRETTY girls involved!! give me a call. Good luck, Larry

BTW my secondary students have restoring/rebuilding a tractor a year for several years now (see the 350B in pictures) and would be very interested in being involved

Don't make it just a show about an accomplished master making all the right repairs with top dollar parts and high-end machine shops, all while never getting dirty or smashing a finger.

Maybe several different restorations visited during a 1/2 hour show: A top end restoration, a "real-life" restoration involving someone with a tight budget & deadline (Hayfield needs mowing, etc.), a high school shop class project (Missing an opportunity if you don't involve kids with this).

That is why I like to watch "The Wood Wright Shop" show over "The Yankee Workshop!" The "WW" guy does the old fashioned manual labor style of craftsmanship with old or antique tools (and he does small simple projects), while explaining the fine points of craftsmanship;

Whereas the "YW" show has every sort of expensive piece of modern equipment that most guys will only dream about ever owning.... and every cut and measurement "is always perfect" (Yea right, get real!!! The guy never makes a mistake!!!).

A further thought, will such a show, as Dave B. desires to produce, drive the price of used tractors out of the average guy's price range. If all those suburbanite yuppies start collecting... there may be a shortage of tractors! Either that or we all sell them some tractors to restore at an inflated price and when they all get tired of them, we buy them back at a sizable discount! :-)