Just thought I'd through a few pictures out here of my ol' "M" since all the others are gone.
Before pictures, right in the same spot that it had sit for years...
After a couple years worth of work...still not "done" but close enough to be presentable...
A few pictures from back in the winter, after getting my seat reupholstered by Darrell Darst and getting the original set of fenders I bought last summer painted and mounted up...
Thank you all for the compliments! "Millie" was a pretty straight ol' gal to start with, just a little work on the grille was really all that was needed. Paints not perfect, but seems like I manage to get a little better each time I paint one. Not really a "restored" tractor, cause I do like a bit of detail on them. Still hoping to add an IH two-way valve to it sometime. One of these I'll break down and buy new rear tires, but these have good tread on 'em yet and hold air, although they are weathered something awful.
I love the old M's.
I use my '49 M almost daily, because it has a Dual loader plus a 3-pt.
The last 2 days it's been busy pulling a "drag" around in my alfalfa fields knocking down and smoothing out gopher mounds.
Hi, bought my Grandpa/Dad's tractor that we used to haul hay/corn with after they both passed away. It hadn't been started for 10 plus years, but if fired up after installing a new battery and changing oil. I have 2 issues:
1) The only way it would keep running is to play with the valve on the...
Stopping by my much older brothers place to help him move a couple heavy parts around netted a few pics of his current project. See, he is retired AND apparently independently wealthy judging by the price tag on the parts to put this old dog back in tip top shape !!! This is a '56 Farmall 400...
So i just picked up a 154 lowboy $800.00 yeah I know someone's going to say you probably way over paid but meh. I always dive in head first its just who i am never the easy way. So its leeking oil and hydrolic fluid are there any good books that explain teardown. I already found quite a few...
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