Wish me luck
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Topic: Wish me luck
Posted By: Kiwi
Subject: Wish me luck
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 5:16pm
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Hi all I am off to a auction today to try and buy my grandad’s tractor back a Massy Harris twin power pacemaker 1938 it was given to my cousin in about 1986 and I asked him if he ever wanted to sell it to let me know first I new of being sold was when I went to the local vintage show and seen it had been restored by a local collector and it was now in his collection fast forward 30 odd years and it is up for sale again so here hoping . Will keep you updated. ------------- Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G |
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 6:19pm
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I am not a Massey guy and didn't even know they existed until now, so I learned something. I hope you end up with it. Post some pictures on here either way, if you can. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: DanWi
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 7:31pm
| Maybe it was ment to be. You can get a restored tractor for less then it would have cost you to restore it. Good luck. |
Posted By: Hubert (Ga)engine7
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 8:40pm
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Hopefully you get it back. Apparently it means more to you than to your cousin. ------------- Just an old country boy saved by the grace of God. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 28 Jun 2024 at 9:33pm
| Good luck!! |
Posted By: Kiwi
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 2:31am
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Hi all happy happy we got the M-H pacemaker $4600 nzd man it was a big day sale started a 11am and the auction finished at 6:30 at night 574 lots restored Allis WF $1800 nzd unrestored WF $1100 nzd Allis U restored $3500 nzd all lot + 17.5% ------------- Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G |
Posted By: jdeere562
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 3:24am
| Glad you got the tractor! |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 10:55am
| Congratulations on your "new" tractor. Dad always thought highly of the Massey Harris tractors although he never bought one. Back in 1953 he purchased a new WD-45 but the other contender was a MH 44. Hope you get some pictures on here of yours. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 12:34pm
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Glad to hear you finally got it. |
Posted By: Ray54
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 1:37pm
| Always good to know a tractor has a good home. |
Posted By: Fred in Pa
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 2:59pm
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Glad you got it ,at a auction its not about luck ,it's if you are the last bidder. ------------- He who dies with the most toys is, nonetheless ,still dead. If all else fails ,Read all that is PRINTED. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 29 Jun 2024 at 3:22pm
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Always nice to hear that a family tractor IS in the proper drive shed !!! ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 30 Jun 2024 at 9:23pm
| Massey has a long history. I don't know when they first showed up in your part of the world. I never saw it, but my grandfather & uncles has one of the early 4-wheel drive models with the engine that hung off the front. As I understand it that didn't last long & was traded for a variation of the Challenger. That was dark gray & not red. The 4-wheeler got hung up in ditches among other things and the Challenger became the workhorse & powered the thresher. I do remember it and had a hand clutch. Glad you got it back. |
Posted By: Kiwi
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 1:40am
 hi all I got a picture of the pacemaker hope you enjoy ------------- Tractors Allis EB,two C,diesel G |
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 6:56am
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congratulations on getting it back home, good looking tractor! It’s always good to see a family machine come home. ------------- Allis Express North Georgia 41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's, Ford 345C TLB |
Posted By: mdm1
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 7:26am
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I started with a family tractor that was to auctioned. Glad it worked for you. ------------- Everything is impossible until someone does it! WD45-trip loader 1947 c w/woods belly mower, 1939 B, #3 sickle mower 1944 B, 2 1948 G's. Misc other equipment that my wife calls JUNK! |
Posted By: Dirt Farmer
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 9:25am
| Glad you got your family tractor back, looks like you had a spot reserved for it. Good looking tractor in the background too. |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 11:05am
| Nice that you got your tractor back. All you had to do is keep waving at the auctioneer. Thanks for the picture. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 01 Jul 2024 at 2:07pm
| Yes glad to hear you got it back in the family. |
Posted By: Randy Magnum
Date Posted: 02 Jul 2024 at 5:13am
| The prototype Wallis tractor that would become the Massey like your grandfather’s, was built in the shop I work at. In 1911. |