gene bender said: (quoted from post at 21:22:42 11/09/09) Your problem is this you brag about winning first prize and your tractor isnt original. We can see from the pic and if we would look at the tractor probably would find more stuff that isnt oroginal so why keep posting about my tractor won first prize just what kind of a show and who did the judging sure didnt knbow their tractors. Some of us on this site know what was original and wasnt just wonder what kind of a "CONTEST"your group is running.
I don't know how all tractor shows are judged, but in car shows there is a "concours" class where everything had better be absolutely original, right down to the type of paint used. In most of these, the cars are actually better than they were when they came from the factory, because "factory" cars usually have flaws. Probably the same with tractors. I see no problem with shows where the winner is just the best looking and/or the best re-finished one of the bunch and this is probably the case here... original or not.
Congratulations on a great looking old tractor! I'd be proud of it too.
This post was edited by IH fan at 04:11:30 11/10/09.
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