At 76 years and thousands of dollars of hearing aids, I cannot appreciate the sounds of machinery I used to love: A muffled M Farmall under load, a John Deere 2 cyl doing its thing, a Ford industrial muffled laying into a welding generator load, my old 56 Chevy Wagon with normal cheap mufflers (dual exhaust V8 running with the rear window open)...what a cool sound. In the 1950's a Chevy or Chrysler six with split manifolds and glass-packs was a sweet sound. It was near rapture to stand by the John Deere V8 used on powershift transmission in the test dynos under full load, manifolds cherry red, of course the exhaust was piped through the roof. And the reasonably muffled Harleys are sweet. But feeding hot exhaust out a straight pipe to everyone else is a sound "finger" to any innocent bystanders who neither appreciate nor deserve it. Ah, well it seems to take all kinds....Leo
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Today's Featured Article - My Ford Golden Jubilee - by Troy Estes. This article is about my '53 Ford Jubilee and a story that starts with taking the tractor to my brother's Starter/Alternator Rebuilding shop for a wiring fix. The generator was shot as well as all the wiring. I dropped off the tractor expecting a transformation from a 6 volt to a 12 volt system utilizing the original generator housing, and a total rewiring of the whole tractor. The front end center pin bushing was worn also so I ask that they replace it if they had time. Well, that’s wha
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