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Posted by Bill {Antique Acres} on February 22, 2000 at 20:27:18 from (206.112.27.62):
Hey guys I have a decision to make. I know what you all will probably suggest and it will probably agree with me way down inside, but here it is. I have a picture blown up and framed in my "tractor room" of a Farmall M. It was my Grandpa's tractor, of which whom I never got to meet. He froze to death getting this tractor out of the barn to pull a truck out of the ditch before I was born. Anyways my dad and aunt had to sell it at the auction, because of financial reasons. My dad has talked about it before and how good a tractor it was, but I figured it was just one of those pride things about his tractor on the farm. So last weekend I finally convinced my dad to go back and look for it. We started at the old man's house who bought it at the sale 25 years ago. He said he no longer had it. That he sold it because it was parked for 5 years and just rusting. I listened as they talked and had the fire built up even more to find it. I was told by the old man and his son which is in his 50's that this M was the strongest one anywhere around. He said you could spin the tires taking off in 5th gear. I began to believe the stories I have heard even more. So we found out who bought it for him and contacted him and he sure enough still has it. The thing is he wants $1500 for it which is quite high for a old M around here. I have too many tractor projects now and a baby on the way, but I just don't think I can pass this one up. If I buy it, it will never be sold again. This will give me a piece of my Grandpa and my dad when he is gone. I can't help not to buy it. What do you all think? The more I sit here the more I want to go look at it right now. I can't wait. I think this is truly one of the toughest decisions I have evr had to make in all my 22 years. This will make my 6th tractor and quite possibly the most sentimental thing I will ever own. Sorry to be so long winded. Thanks for your time to read this. I will post the picture off my wall later so everyone can see what I am struggling over. Bill {Antique Acres}
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