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12/15/12, 07:08 AM
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Old machinery
Sorting through some of my photos for artwork and thought HT people might enjoy this. This is a McCormick Deering tractor that was bought by my hairdresser's father in 1937 and who used it on the farm all his life. It now sits in her front yard and she says her son keeps saying he is going to restore it.
Last edited by SFM in KY; 12/15/12 at 09:46 AM.
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12/15/12, 09:17 AM
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Nice! Wonderful of your hair dresser to have it out there like that. So many people would just be calling it junk.
I don't feel so bad about having the old Ford 5000 sitting in my backyard right now. 
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12/15/12, 09:30 AM
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That tractor looks much older than a 1937 model. I've spent many long days driving 1937 Farmals - John Deeres and Allis Chalmers. My first tractor that I owned was a 1937 AC, They all looked much newer that the one in the picture.
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12/15/12, 09:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jennifer L.
I don't feel so bad about having the old Ford 5000 sitting in my backyard right now. |
I've got a graphite drawing started with this tractor although I really wish it would snow enough for me to get 'snow covered' photos. Probably isn't going to happen, though, so will probably end up with an old barn I photographed as a background and sunflowers.
I love working with artwork and 'old' things. I've got photos of things I don't even know what they are ... along with tractors, farm machinery, pickups, milk cans ...
I had the old ranch wagon that my grandparents had when they homesteaded, it sat in my front yard by a fir tree for years, but just couldn't justify a 3000 mile trip just to go get it and bring it down when I relocated to KY.
I still miss it and will do a painting with it someday as I do have photos at least.
Last edited by SFM in KY; 12/15/12 at 09:42 AM.
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12/15/12, 09:45 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by uncle Will in In.
That tractor looks much older than a 1937 model. I've spent many long days driving 1937 Farmals - John Deeres and Allis Chalmers. My first tractor that I owned was a 1937 AC, They all looked much newer that the one in the picture.
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You may well be right. She said her father bought it in 1937 ... need to change that in my original post as I don't know that she said he bought it 'new' ... he may well have bought it used. Would be interesting to find out just what year it was but I suspect any numbers that you could use to trace the year of manufacture would be obliterated.
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12/15/12, 11:14 AM
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they are on the fire wall under the fuel tank. have an old 10/20 sitting here as a statue.
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12/15/12, 12:38 PM
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Next time I go get my hair cut I will try and see if I can find it, if it is still visible. Would be interesting to know the year when I get the drawing finished.
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12/15/12, 06:12 PM
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Its a 10/20, OR a 15-30. Yes, they did look like that till around 40. They had the W-40 in the 40s, and it looked just like that, even tho the Hs and Ms were styled, They wernt.
Dad had a 37 WC AC. My older Bro got ran over with it.
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12/15/12, 08:26 PM
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Farmboy, What happened to your brother when he got run over?
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12/15/12, 08:48 PM
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He died
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12/15/12, 09:18 PM
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The H's and M's came out in '39, the new McCormicks were the W4's and W6's. They were styled too....James
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12/22/12, 01:35 PM
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I am so sorry to hear that. Loosing a brother is very hard. Please accept my condolences.
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12/22/12, 02:46 PM
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Better look again JWAL. The early W4s and W6s WERNT styled.. IF you find proof im wrong, Ill send you a pic or 2 ill have to take off of a book ive got. and get it put on here.
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12/22/12, 02:48 PM
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Thank you SH. Yes, I suppose loseing a brother, OR sister for that matter is hard. Id like to have had an older brother, growing up. Hed by 81 if he had made it this far.. Hes been gone 62 or 3 yrs now, so Ive pretty much got over it.
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12/22/12, 02:49 PM
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Hes gone, dads gone, the tractors likely long since gone, and ive gone from there. Dawgone it lol
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12/22/12, 07:35 PM
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Guess I was thinking of the W-40. Sorry bout that. I also think that the D JDs didnt get styled until 40 or after, the As, which one I have, and the Bs, being styled in 39
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