What do you collect and why?

Edited by Claus - 15 Dec 2010 at 10:21pm

Got a new one yesterday.

I like anything AC but would love to find an Unstyled WC model set up like mine ( tricycle front end, rubber tires, rear spokes, and front dish wheels)

I started out with a 1946 MM UTU that my Dad bought from the original owner. (Still have today) Then I bought 2 more MM, then sold and got my First D 21. (Tigger restored) Then I bought more 21's and thought about collecting the D series. Well, I sold 2 of the D series to get a Hot Farm 21 from back east, so I sold and did some trading to get a 7050, then  with the extra cash from trading, bought the  7030. Found a 220, then sold another 21 to get a 210. Decided to stay with the big tractors and now have everthing except a 7080 which would be next, would like a maroon belly. The we would have all the big 100 hp tractors from the series 1 and 2  D 21 with the Industrail, 220s, 210, 7030 and 7050. I enjoy buying selling and trading and just keeps on going.

My Granddad was an AC dealer, and I have a picture of him on a WD45 Diesel pulling a boy scout float in a parade in downtown Liberal, Missouri, so I collect the WD/WD45 series.  I have one of each of the models, all engine and front end configurations, plus more than 25 snap coupler implements for those models.  Plus I have some items from his dealership my Grandmother gave me, and two of the tractors came from his dealership.

A-C's and old Mopars. And beer cans after I empty them.

I collect farm toys from when I was little.  It makes me feel like a kid again.

Too many things for no apparent rational reason.......... 

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Well, then here you go.  The Union Pacific FEF Northern 844, Lionel Legacy.  Another of my favorites is the Texas Special also in Lionel Legacy.



Edited by Claus - 16 Dec 2010 at 9:12pm

In addition to my AC B and WD-45 Istarted collecting 1:64 scale tractors ao all brands just because I'm still a kid at heart. There are still quite a few 1:16 tractors at my parents from when I was a kid. Wife claims I also collect dust.

I collect A-C harvesting machines and implements and of course the tractors to run them. When I started I wanted to have a full mid 1950s lineup.  I think the only item that I wanted that I do not have yet is a snap coupler disc, but I'm in no hurry, too many projects already!  Of course I could not seem to stay in the 50s and ended up ranging a bit newer and older!  I quit counting at 50 pieces.

Jim

Speedex Garden Tractors, Toy tractors (over 4k invested and I have over 100 toys, implements and other cool little things), I have an allis tractor, John Deere A, Pap's farmall Diesel, Just got a Farmall MD, working on a farmall 300, trying to get an oliver super 77 diesel and trying to get a silver king off of my pap. Doesn't really matter to me what color it is. I just like to save history I guess, no matter what it is. 

My dad and uncle ran an AC dealership in the 60's and early 70's, and I restored a tractor they sold to start out. Since then I have been an AC fan all the way. It has been great to do that with my dad. It is amazing that he still remembers settings without looking at a service manual. I have to always look at the manual to check, but he humors me.

Edited by Rogers - 17 Dec 2010 at 10:26pm

I don't have the funds to grab up all the things I would like to but one of these days I hope to see a D-21 in the shed here. I do have an assortment of Bowtie pickups in the yard and an assortment of 620/9020 sized things plus a lot of attachments. I have an old resurected D-17 Diesel that never seems to let me down. It's in it's work clothes and I don't do much with it but it's always ready when I call. I'm finishing up the body work on my D-15 and it should soon be looking as good as new. The rest of my collection includes some rather odd stuff. Several late 60's model AC tillers and push mowers, an engine driven 5500 watt gen. and a Twin-Twenty brand version of the 9020 sold by Montgomery Ward. Most of my stuff earns it's keep. But some I've saved just cause I like it.

Many years ago my grandmother's brother had an A-C dealership and I had an uncle on mom's side that farmed exclusively with A-C except for a JD 730 diesel. He always said A-C built the best gas, but if you want a diesel you want a JD. Spent alot of summers on the farm. In the early 80's my uncle passed and my aunt sold the farm. I wanted to buy one of his tractors at the sale, but mom and dad said no way. I think I can give credit to tractor collecting getting under way to the Great Iowa Tractor Ride. The first year for the ride was 97 and that prompted me to buy my CA.