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As a farm boy, with relatives who farmed also (what else?), this thread is bringing back some old memories.
On topic, a neighbor, who restores Massey Harris tractors from the 40s & 50s, has aquired a Porsche junior in rough shape, but will continue to work on it between his MHs. It seems to have no compression, (new rings and cylinder) but he'll figure it out eventually.
That Farmall (an early 50s?)looks just like the one I stalled and slid down a wet slope one spring (I had throttled it back too far, trying to crawl down the hill)
The David Brown line, when they were sold to Case in the early 70s, were painted white. I spent many hours working with an 880, pulling logs out of the woods, when I was 19. The 880 had three shifters, one was a regular 'H' with 1-3 plus reverse, another was 'L' - 'H', for low and high range, the third was 'S' (slow) and 'normal'. For working row crops, this gave you some real creeper gears. In all, 12 forward speeds and 4 reverse!
Thanks for the pics.
Les
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Les
My train of thought has been replaced by a bumper car.
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