My '51 "M"...a few before & afters

Thats one sweet tractor Sir. Top notch job on that one. Thanks for the pics.

nicely detailed unit

Very nice tractor Dusti!!

Beautiful piece of iron. Heck I'd be tickled to find an M in my area that looks as good as your tractor did before the restoration.

very good job DC :!:

Beautiful work! looks fantastic

thanks for re-posting! Sharp Ride you have there!

Beautiful M; looks like from here the sheet metal was straight before repaint; saves a lot of time and work

Glad you posted the pics. You do one fine job on your tractors.

That is one sweet looking "M".

Truly a beauty - thanks for sharing!

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.