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Posted by F20II on May 05, 2003 at 08:54:42 from (208.187.14.109):
In Reply to: tractor restoration posted by anthony on May 04, 2003 at 11:07:05:
Like Don said, if you restore, (this means all new ) not repair (this mean fix an use ) you will not make any money. The tractor's I have restored have cost me over $2000 just in parts not counting tire's which add another $1000 to a restoration. So you buy a tractor for say $500 put $3000 in it, now you have $3500 an want to sell it for $4000, you may get lucky an sell it then again you may not. Now day alot of people are tryin to do this, this has driven up the price of the old iron to were profit is all but gone. The only place I see now days if you want to do this is in small tractors's Like a small Allis or Farmall Cub, A, or B, yeppie's are moving to the country, they want these type's of tractors to mow there lawns an plow thier gardens. So if you can fine one cheap, ( which is getting hard to do ) restore it not fix it up you might get a profit. Again like others have said, restoring is not putting plugs, points, rotor an cap on with a coat of paint an some decals, restoring is pulling everything apart down to the bare bone's replacing every seal, gasket, piston rings, pistons if needed, cap an rod bearings down to the grease zets. Then rebuilding the tractor from the ground up, priming, painting an polishing so it looks like it was just built yesterday. If you can make money doing that good luck I sure haven't. I do it because I love the history behind the equipment I restore, be it any tractor. Only my three cents :o)
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