all original rust included

toadady · Mar 6, 2011

all this talk about "restored and sitting outside" tripped my trigger

dad's 420has set outside ever since i can rember, turn on the fuel and pull the starter, she'll fire right up

now someone tell me about the angled steering wheel, is it a rairity?

grandpa said when they got it the rear axles were so wide it could barly get through the gate,so they chopped them off, i know somewhere some green nut is spazing out about it,

now that i have a my IH584 i hope we can retire her and give her some attention

Charlie M · Mar 6, 2011

Old tractor doesn't look to bad for a lot of outdoor weather. Mine sit outside all the time - I toss a tarp over them in the winter.

Adirondack case guy · Mar 6, 2011

Perhaps a better term than "restored" would be "brought back to life". That being said my BBTL tractors have to serve a useful purpose, not just look pretty and cost me a lot of money to maintain them and transport them to tractor shows so someone can ou+aw over them. If a body part, say a grill frame on a Case 300 round nose costs $500 bucks I wull fab a simular looking peice for much less. My tractors get worked, and they get dirt and some scraches on the sheet metal. They are not museum pieces. If the tractor police don't like them, tough Sh--. They don't pay the bills. It seems pretty stupid to invest $15K in a tractor that the commom man would pay maybe $5K for.

Rusty wheel · Mar 6, 2011

Slanted steering wheel came out on the 3rd generation 420.

ericlb · Mar 6, 2011

its actualy nice to me to see a older jd in its workin clothes , too many of them are over restored to better than factory original and sit parked or on a trailer , this one can be taken to the field and worked , a jd putting around a show sounds ok, but a jd that is in the dirt and pulling hard sounds better

Goose · Mar 7, 2011

Here be my H Farmall.

Every July 4th, my home town has, among other things, an antique tractor show. Most of the tractors at the show are over restored, and look far sharper than when they left the factory. I shouldn't complain too loud, most of the owners are friends or kin of mine.

This summer, I think I'm going to run my H in just like it is with a sign saying, "Works every day. Doesn't have time to look pretty".

Mike (WA) · Mar 7, 2011

First step in getting an old tractor to look pretty is to GET RID OF THE LOADER! I swear, the companies must have had "Design the ugliest loader" contests! And with John Deere, you got a bonus- ugly loader, and not enough hands to make it work!

Mike M · Mar 7, 2011

What state you in ? Climate makes a BIG differance.

In Ohio if anything was left outside for that many years it would really be ALOT worse shape !
Yours still looks better then an original keep inside ( unheated ) in Ohio.

bison · Mar 7, 2011

No kidding

all original rust included

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