Gettin' A Little Nervous

My 966 "restore to new" project just crossed the darned $9500 mark this morning. :>(

Geeeze! This thing has got to be getting close to the finish line before too much longer or else I'm gonna have to get a "cost overrun" advance from the management of the house. :>)

Signed,

Poverty IH Person

She still looks pretty sad, but we're making some headway as the biggest part of the repairs have been done.

Still have to pressure it up to find a hydraulic leak under the seat then it can go up on the jack stands. The brakes will get overhauled at that time and then it should be about ready for some paint.

Allan

Coming along nicely. Your numbers are interesting. Couple of weeks ago there was a bashing party (ttalk) for the guy that bought a JD 3020 for $20k (including this guy who payed $17 for a full up 4230). Seems that number is not so rediculous after all when you look at what you have spent, haven't finished and (in his case) haven't added labor and profit for a resale.

Don't know about you, but after I put all that "toil" into a project, I can't sell it. Too much of me in it. Dunno how these guys that restore for a living do it. Guess they have to do something to eat.

Mark

I'd like to keep it at around $10K if at all possible, but I might be foolin' myself just a little.

My trouble is, I'm just too darned picky. I want 'em like they were when they were new. Just a grumpy ol' man, I guess.

Gotta ask ya: Was the linkage reversed on your T/A bellcrank?

Allan

I was hoping to keep the total salvage price, the cost of repairs and the clean up under the $10K price, but I'm probably foolin' myself 'cause one always runs into more little boo-boos that a guy hasn't counted on.

At the onset, with it having the 4 'almost new' filled tires, all that was apparently wrong was the leaking engine liner, a loose front end pin/bushings, a weeping clutch assist cylinder and with the tractor having 4006 total hours, I thought it was worth the $3500 salvage price and that I could get it back to form with another $6K.

The local dealer here wants $10K for tired old tractors having upwards of 10,000 hours and I wouldn't know what I had, so I just think I can get a better bang for the buck by fixin' this old heifer up.

I dunno, this game is an expensive undertaking any way you look at it.

Allan

Dug

That is three year's worth of wages for me. I live way out here in the boonies.

We don't have telephones, electricity or running water. No newspapers; all news travels by word of mouth.

I hear Dewey won the election? :>)

Allan

:)

Dug

But I told the shop to put me at the back of the line as far as getting it done.

The fellows who have cattle to feed and their tractors are broke down are far more important than my little "fixer upper" project.

Although, it is nice to have 'er paid for, even tho I don't have the tractor yet.

Go figure; I've pumped all this money in this old gizmo and haven't even heard it run yet. Is that crazy or what? :>(

Allan

....Only because I"m a friend would I make this gesture! John

Not to worry; I didn't forget you.

I'm puttin' those big John Deere 12 volt batteries wired in parallel in the old tractor. :>)

Nobody ever accused me of being color blind. :>)

Allan

Everything old but in good shape is going UP in value. With new prices being what they are, and those 60's, 70's, and 80's tractors being just as good, if not better that the new stuff anyway, they're like sitting on a stack of $$$$$$$$! (But just notice what COLOR money is the next time you have your hands on some!)

While I was in there this morning, writing what I hope was the "last" check, I asked about this 806 with a DuAll loader that was parked on his lot two weeks ago.

He told me that I must have driven by just at the right time, because the tractor did not set on the lot for two hours before it sold.

I think people are starting to see that these implement dealers are talkin' out of a "cocked hat" when it comes to new tractors. :>)

Allan

'Spose it depends wheather you have a lot full of hungry cattle or not. :>)

Allan