Value of restorations depends so much on the desirability of what you are restoring. The piece below on the Farmall M reminds me of a conversation I heard between a guy who had restored a car, and an appraiser: Guy had restored his grandfather's '50 Plymouth 4 door, at a cost of over $10,000. It was a car that had a lot of sentimental value to his family- Grandpa had it forever, everyone remembered going for ice cream in it, trips to the lake, etc., etc.
He had a change in circumstances, and was trying to sell it. Had started at 10K, gradually lowered to 5K, wouldn't go any lower, and was getting more and more upset that nobody would buy it. Appraiser summed it up well- "The problem is, no matter what you do, the car is still a '50 Plymouth 4 door."
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Today's Featured Article - Good As New - by Bill Goodwin. In the summer of 1995, my father, Russ Goodwin, and I acquired the 1945 Farmall B that my grandfather used as an overseer on a farm in Waynesboro, Georgia. After my grandfather�s death in 1955, J.P. Rollins, son of the landowner, used the tractor. In the winter 1985, while in his possession the engine block cracked and was unrepairable. He had told my father
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