Re: restored/not restored?

Posted by Dave in GA on March 12, 2007 at 04:58:50 from (163.246.18.120):

In Reply to: restored/not restored? posted by mike a. tenn. on March 12, 2007 at 04:38:44:

Mike, I agree. I have just as much appreciation seeing an old, rust-covered, unrestored tractor as I do the gleaming, 100% restored ones. There was a parade a few years ago with about a dozen old tractors in it, all of them restored except for one rusty unstyled A which was poppin' along with the rest of them. I kinda liked the old A the best. Who knows, maybe the man driving it just saved it from a scrap iron yard.

I've been to tractor shows where there would be a proud owner of 3 or 4 polished, glistening machines which the owner bought in pristine restored condition which he could "show off." He didn't do any of the dirty restoration work himself and virtually didn't know anything about his tractors except how to start them and drive them in parades. Just down the row there would be the opposite, a greasy teen or old guy proudly displaying the tractor that he spent countless hours on, dismantling, sanding, blasting, machining, looking for replacement parts, and finally painting. Not a perfect restoration, but he did his best. This owner has a special relationship with his tractor that the first guy hasn't experienced. I can appreciate both of these people, but I can personally relate to the second one a lot more.

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