Since I do auto body work on the side, I've had a few guys ask me about painting a tractor, but none have ever come through. I suspect most of those are the guys that just want you to run it through the car wash, squirt some paint at it instead of doing a top-notch job, and then tell the whole county what a lousy job you did. Or they want to do the prep work, have you paint it over their half-azzed prep work, and then tell everyone what a lousy job you did.
Most of the fellows I know that have nicely restored tractors did all the work themselves, including learning to paint, simply because they enjoy doing it.
I have a cousin who has over a hundred antique tractors, some of which he's restored. He said, too, that by the time you've restored a tractor, you haven't added enough value to it to cover your time and expense.
Don't mean to sound negative, but unless there's sentimental value, very few people are going to spend $8,000 to wind up with a $5,000 tractor.
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