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rust piles versus diamonds in the rough ROBINHOODs

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joanie

03-05-2004 11:30:40




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When does a tractor become a pile of rusted metal
..and when does a man realize that it is not worth traveling hours to retrieve it only for it to continue to rust away in another state while taking up valuable space on the front porch ? That one's to you ROBINHOOD ..er should I say ROBINRUSTEDHOOD?




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joe

03-05-2004 16:30:38




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 Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the rough ROBINH in reply to joanie, 03-05-2004 11:30:40  
IF IT CAN CAST A SHADOW IT CAN BE RESTORED!!!!



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ShepFL - I am not so sure

03-07-2004 07:30:11




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 Re: Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the rough RO in reply to joe, 03-05-2004 16:30:38  
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Check out this one that I am looking at. The more I look at it I think parts not tractor :)



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Jonathan

03-07-2004 09:54:13




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 Re: Re: Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the roug in reply to ShepFL - I am not so sure, 03-07-2004 07:30:11  
Oh it could be restored, but just the parts needed would problably cost more than the tractor would be worth when it was done. Actually, that tractor doesn't look too bad, from what I can see in the picture the seat, hood, and grill are missing, and it has a broken tie rod end. Oof, and nothing covering the exaust. Is that an Oliver 1600?. Becides, I like working on tractors that need alotta work, mostly because I love tinkering, but also, I love putting together photo albums of my old tractors for the guys at the tractor shows to look at and marvel at the mechanic work as they look at the pictures and then look at the finished tractor.

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Jonathan

03-05-2004 13:35:14




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 Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the rough ROBINH in reply to joanie, 03-05-2004 11:30:40  
Well, as the saying goes "one man's junk is another mans treasure" and I have found that this is 100% true. There is a buyer out there for just about anything and as PT Barnum said, "theres a sucker born every minute". Take a look at some of the stuff sold on Ebay, some people don't know when to quit. Besides, are you sure that hood was junk?, it depends on how talented you are to make something rusty and ugly into something everybody would like to have, even hoods with lots of dents and bullet holes can be patched and fixed up pretty good with some good Bondo work. Yes people time and time again buy up projects that they end up never doing anything with, but there are a few that stay with it and finish. I have a 1946 Farmall H that was just a rusted up pile of junk when I got it, but me and my grandfather spend most of one summer on it and the engine was so badly seized we had to take it all apart and drive the pistons out with a block of wood and a sledge hammer. Today we use that tractor and it runs beautifully. Oh and we sanded, sandblasted, and applied alittle bondo here and there, and made a show tractor out of it. I guess things are what you make of them.

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pg

03-06-2004 04:01:59




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 Re: Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the rough RO in reply to Jonathan, 03-05-2004 13:35:14  
i bought a fairway 12 that sat outside for forty years. to look at it , it was a piece of $#@!.... gas tank was gone, no hood, fenders shot, motor really tied up. beat out the pistons with a piece of 1 inch pipe and a sledge. clutch crumbled in my hand taking the pressure plate out. even had to roll my own wheels. it is now ready to be painted. it depends on your patience and dedication. look at some of the big gas tractors that they restore. they have to make parts. HOW BAD DO YOU WANT IT? thats the question! pg

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pg

03-06-2004 04:10:03




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 Re: Re: Re: rust piles versus diamonds in the roug in reply to pg, 03-06-2004 04:01:59  
but joe said it the best!



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