Re: Farmall A restoration - encouragement needed!

Posted by SiouxFan on May 25, 2007 at 06:42:50 from (214.18.92.61):

In Reply to: Farmall A restoration - encouragement needed! posted by Steven@AZ on May 24, 2007 at 19:10:46:

What part of ND did you grow up? I went to school in a small town named Edgeley south of Jamestown and my dad had a farm near McHenry that we spend summers at. I graduated from UND in 88.

We had an M that I learned to drive tractor on which I bought at auction when dad retired. I now live in the Washington DC area and have a Super A and two Super Cs (and the M that is still sitting in the pole barn). I haven't restored them but I have done a lot of work to get them to function correctly mechanically and will eventually clean them up a bit but for now I am having so much fun using them I don't want them to be in such good shape that I am afraid to get them dirty (I have a belly mower on the Super A and an aftermarket 3pt on the Super C which is surprisingly useful).

I too would like to get back to ND someday but don't see it in the cards for awhile. In the meantime I spend time on my little farmalls and when I do I think back about all the good times I had as a kid in that part of the country and of family and friends. My wife had been on my case for awhile to get rid of all my junk tractors and buy a new one that doesn't need any work but I think she finally realized that my farmalls were serving a much bigger role than simply mowing grass as I am generally in a better mood about work and life in DC after spending time tinkering.

Anyway... this post doesn't answer any of the questions you raise but thought I would let you know there are others out there that have been transplanted from ND and see our farmalls as the bridge that takes us back in time.

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• Re: Farmall A restoration - encouragement needed! Steven@AZ 13:14:27 05/25/07 (0)

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