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Something you wish you would have kept?

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JOCCO

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Wondering what you guys maybe sold or traded that you wished you had kept. A tractor or baler that went so good and it's replacement was junk. I have a few things in that category but not many.
 
A 16 foot tandem axle aluminum trailer comes to mind. On many days it would be handier than the 24 foot trailer. But I had no shed space for it so no regrets in selling it when I purchased the longer one.
 
A military 2 yare scraper in need of restoration. Sold it to a guy who said he was going to restore it. He sold it. Bet he already had a buyer lined up for twice what he gave me for it.
 
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A real nice restored case spreader. I just didn t have room for everything, and I hate to leave anything outside. I don t really need a spreader, but it was really cool, and I kept it maintained, although I only used it a couple times.
 
I had a 530 Case diesel, and a 430 Case tractors. And not a whole lot of money, and needed a bigger tractor to do farm work. So I sold them both to raise cash to purchase the next tractor. Oh how I soon wished I had kept them. The jerk I sold the 430 to dropped a big Maple tree on it, and pretty well destroyed the tractor. It went to scrap.
 
I had a pair of matched JD rakes; 650 and 651 I think were the numbers. Sold them when I thought I was through with farming...well I wasn't as it turned out and it was a bad mistake. I'm running an old half-arsed 550 now that cost me what I got for the pair and it's not what they were.
 
A Massey Ferguson 35 on Propane. Bought it at a repo auction, kept it and used it for years. Needed something bigger so I sold/gave it away and bought an 1850 Oliver.
 
Wish I had of kept my Dad?s old John Deere 40-T, also wish I still had my 1956 and 57 Chevy Belair?s , sold a pre-64 Winchester 300 mag rifle and a Savage 99 in 300 Savage I wish I had of kept. Lots of regrets in my lifetime of things I should have held on to....
 
My dad's 72 Cheyenne C10.

It needed a motor, but everything else was straight and rust free.

Right after I sold it was when the value started going up, up, up!
 
1932 Duesenberg SJ.

Just kidding.

1964 Impala SS 327/300 (originally), four speed.

Dean
 
Friend of mine (a farmer) actually owned a 1930 Duesenberg Model J Murphy convertible sedan for many years. He drove it regularly, took it to shows and kept it parked in his living room. Not kidding.
 
A running 1923 Model T Ford. Left it behind the chicken house when I left for college. No money, no place to store it cheaply. Father hated T's,little bro got into a bee nest in it, ended up filling a gully and covered. Sigh. Leo
 
1957 Buick Special. Bought it for $50 in 73, sold it for $50 in 75. Probably the best car I ever owned. Moron I sold it to let it freeze up and busted the block. gm
 
69 SC Rambler.Bought it cheap,($600)because of the gas shortage in 1973,and sold it cheap,($600) because the gas prices didn't drop in 1974.That car didn't like to haul a snowmobile trailer in the winter either.Good power,no traction.
 
When I started farming I had a nice early 3020 diesel. It needed a clutch as it was terribly jumpy to drive. I assume it had a button clutch. I sold it and bought a 3010 and a 45 combine. The 3010 turned out to be a dog. There was always something wrong with it. Should have kept the 3020 and borrowed the money for the 45 combine. The parts bill on the 3010 would have paid for the combine. Tom
 
My Case VAC, that I let a friend use for raking hay, talked me into selling it to him, turned around and sold it. My JD LA, traded it for a 65 T-bird.
 
I had a car back when I was 16 or 17 I wish I still had. 1967 Alafa Romero 4 cylinder dual 2 barrel side draft carbs 5 speed 4 wheel disk brakes and boy was that car fast
 

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1949 Studebaker.
Had a flathead six cylinder.
It was going down pretty fast, I was still young and I was in no position to keep it running.
 
I wish I still had these two.
1962 Studebaker Hawk GT. 289 engine. Wife had medical bills. So I sold it

1958 MGA with a 289 two four barrel carbs. Cobta engine. Uncle built it. Was holding it for me while I was in the Navy.
 
A stack of Country and Western LP records. I did keep some but should have kept them all. Found many of the same tunes on CDs but somehow the LP is just better because of the nostalgia !!!!!
 

I too had couple old Fords I got ride of 1970 Mach 1 & a 1967 Fairlane GT with a 390 4sp Convertable Both were excellent when they left my ownership.
 
69 Pontiac Grand Prix SJ with the high output 428.....Well, maybe not, I would probably killed myself with it...

Massey Harris 55 modified with a 3 71 Detroit....

Ben
 
1958 John Deere 330. It sold in Oct. last year for less than I sold it for, but more than I wanted to pay to get it back.
 
That girlfriend when I was a junior in college. Also my '57 Pontiac 2 door hardtop. And the Cushman motor scooter that I scooted about with in my youth.
 
My mack superliner E 9 V8 500 horsepower turned up to 650 horse power 18 speed mack 3:87 rears on newway air ride,was fast powerful n that big v8 had a sound you never forget
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Sold it to a neighbor,took him 8 months to destroy it. Never changed oil put 60000 miles on it bent frame cracked hood.that truck was rebuilt front to back
 
I wished I kept my 1972 Chevy K-20 4 x 4 pickup truck that I had on my first overseas tour in England. Was a great running truck and never gave me any trouble. Worth some money now.
 
(quoted from post at 10:13:12 07/29/19) Wish I had of kept my Dad?s old John Deere 40-T, also wish I still had my 1956 and 57 Chevy Belair?s , sold a pre-64 Winchester 300 mag rifle and a Savage 99 in 300 Savage I wish I had of kept. Lots of regrets in my lifetime of things I should have held on to....
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I have my dad's model 99 300 savage has the brass tumbler and counter. It's one of the best I ever shot. Dad bought new around 1948. I sold a Remington 760 Gamemaster 30-06 needed cash at the time. Sure am sorry I did that.
 
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