Bought a Tractor Yesterday - Stumbled Upon a Pickers Dream!

RTR

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I got a random text message last Thursday from a guy I used to work with asking if I was interested in buying his old tractor. Just so happened that the 3 days prior to this message, I had been looking hard locally for a good used exhaust manifold for my Farmall H tractor and that is what he had!! I had only 1-1/2 days left until the hayride and it came at the right time! I ended up just buying the whole tractor and it will probably get parted out. Upon arriving at his place to get it, I came across a pickers dream of junk and antiques!! He bought the place as-is and is planning to sell off pretty much everything to help pay for the place and is going to remodel all of the buildings and turn it into a motorcycle repair shop. I've been twice now looking and every time you look there are new things you've missed! I will be going back a few more times and might do a video of the whole place! PICTURES DO NOT DO IT ALL JUSTICE. THERE ARE 3 BUILDINGS ON THE PLACE AND 2 OF THEM ARE 2 STORY. THEY ARE ALL FULLLLLL!!!

A friend bought an antique Moline horse drawn corn planter that is complete even with the single tree. So far, I bought the tractor and a couple of Meyers Hay Lift Forks. I have no idea of the value of a lot of it but love antiques. What do you all think? See something I need to snag and re-sell or buy and keep??

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I got a random text message last Thursday from a guy I used to work with asking if I was interested in buying his old tractor. Just so happened that the 3 days prior to this message, I had been looking hard locally for a good used exhaust manifold for my Farmall H tractor and that is what he had!! I had only 1-1/2 days left until the hayride and it came at the right time! I ended up just buying the whole tractor and it will probably get parted out. Upon arriving at his place to get it, I came across a pickers dream of junk and antiques!! He bought the place as-is and is planning to sell off pretty much everything to help pay for the place and is going to remodel all of the buildings and turn it into a motorcycle repair shop. I've been twice now looking and every time you look there are new things you've missed! I will be going back a few more times and might do a video of the whole place! PICTURES DO NOT DO IT ALL JUSTICE. THERE ARE 3 BUILDINGS ON THE PLACE AND 2 OF THEM ARE 2 STORY. THEY ARE ALL FULLLLLL!!!

A friend bought an antique Moline horse drawn corn planter that is complete even with the single tree. So far, I bought the tractor and a couple of Meyers Hay Lift Forks. I have no idea of the value of a lot of it but love antiques. What do you all think? See something I need to snag and re-sell or buy and keep??

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Nice find & thanks for sharing.

That spreader would be a cool resto!

Edit: That RC machine/cooler would be going home with me!!

Mike
 
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I've seen rougher H's brought back to life. Is the engine loose?
Haven't checked the engine but didn't see any cracks on the block and exhaust was covered. When I pulled the manifold I needed, some water came out.
 
Nice find & thanks for sharing.

That spreader would be a cool resto!

Edit: That RC machine/cooler would be going home with me!!

Mike
I like it too. They guy is a little high on stuff having that he is trying to recoup some money. I don't really see me using something like that though being that it takes up a lot of room and is heavy. I'm sure it'd cost a pretty penny to restore.
 
I like the old mail box and the jump rope. I wonder if that is a 283 or a 327
My Grand daughter would like the rocking horse.
 
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One man's trash is another man's treasure. You would have to pay me to haul away most of that junk.

I am jaundiced because a friend of ours stored many dumpster loads of stuff at our place for almost 2 years. What was a bucket of nuts and bolts became a bucket of RUSTY nuts and bolts after sitting under a torn blue tarp for a couple winters. Et cetera.

Ken
 
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I wonder if that is a 283 or a 327
Those would not be the correct valve covers for a 283, the correct valve covers would not have any PCV or oil fill holes and have the Chevrolet scripted stamped in them, realizing that any would just bolt on. A 283 would have an additional 1” plus hole back behind the manifold with an adapter that the PCV valve hose would plug on, can’t tell if it is there or not. The first years of the small block V-8s had road draft tubes that connected to that hole.
 
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