Really?? Restored, really?

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Fully restored. Runs perfectly. (Not overhauled) Clutch weak.


What is wrong with this picture? I am seeing alot of this while searching for older projects to do. Its fully restored, it runs great but its not overhauled? And it can't pull its own weight! So its not restored, its repainted with a few cosmetic upgrades that needs more money put into it to make it right.

 

[sixtyninegmc]

Thats why I`m painting right over the dents on my 430, while I rebuild the engine and check over everything from stem to stern. Different strokes for different folks, I guess to some the priority is whether the tractor will make it to the end of the parade or not.

Josh

 

[Kansas4010]

I agree with you completely. On the other hand everyone on this site will tell you ya never make any money restoring a tractor and trying to sell it and in this day and age who can afford to take a loss on anything. So who can afford to put the time and money in something that won't be worth much when your done. Most people are more concerned with how something looks now anyway.

 

[Maxx]

(quoted from post at 03:45:26 11/11/11) Fully restored. Runs perfectly. (Not overhauled) Clutch weak.


What is wrong with this picture? I am seeing alot of this while searching for older projects to do. Its fully restored, it runs great but its not overhauled? And it can't pull its own weight! So its not restored, [b:537cc061b1][color=red:537cc061b1]its repainted with a few cosmetic upgrades[/color:537cc061b1][/b:537cc061b1] that needs more money put into it to make it right.

Didn't you know that is the new definition of restored? lol

 

[jdman(MO)]

When I sold a bunch of tractors at the auction the auctioneer described them as restored. They asked me and I said they had been repaired and repainted.Russ

 

[Tom O'Connor]

The Two-Cylinder club describes restored in this manner. "It must be as good as new or better" This is why few are certified as "Expo Quality" and why it is such a covetted honor to have a certified tractor.

 

[Rusty wheel]

If you're gonna do it, do it right. If yer not gonna do it right, yer wizzing into the wind.

 

[Machinery-Man]

why not add some other terms to the mix ie Factory Fresh, tinkered with, worked on, patched up, rebuilt, I think the term restored is trying to cover all the above...much like give a coke, kleenex. Some of the terms of the tractors could be over restored, modern restored(those using automotive paints), guess there are any number of expressions. One has to determine for ones self if tractor and price/value are in proportion.

 

[Anonymous-0]

A picture of a true restored tractor. Dwight Milatz, a former John Deere Dealer from Romulus, Michigan, sold this tractor new and 41 years later bought it back and spent over four years of his retirement as a hobby restoring this tractor.

 

[Tom OConnor]

Maybe this time

 

[Ray]

The tractor when restored would be worth about 1/2 what you have in it,but you get the covetted honor.

 

[Ray]

I don't think you can buy a tractor off craigslist that hasn't been restored.

 

[CLW]

(quoted from post at 14:42:08 11/11/11) Maybe this time

Tom, is this the same tractor?

 

[Tom OConnor]

Yes, it is the same tractor. This is the gentlemans place where I went to look at it before I bought it.

 

[630rich]

I am not the correct police... But a john deere dealer put 4 years into it and couldn't even put the correct front wheels on that 520...hmm

 

[CLW]

I can't say for sure, but you may be wrong. I have seen one or two other 20 series with the same front wheels. May be more than one option.

 

[CLW]

(quoted from post at 18:20:14 11/11/11) I am not the correct police... But a john deere dealer put 4 years into it and couldn't even put the correct front wheels on that 520...hmm

I checked the parts book and the 620 used this front wheel (JD1268) on the earlier Green dash with a double front or ROM. I am willing to bet a cup of coffee the early 520 which this is, used the same wheel. I also have a picture of a 420 wide front with what looks like the same wheel. When someone does this nice a job I bet they do the research.

 

[Farmallb]

Sure ya can. Check Tulsa CL