B and C for sale
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Topic: B and C for sale
Posted By: Kipn
Subject: B and C for sale
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 4:54pm
Not mine, I would have put the heavier oil in already.....?????? Should I question the price??? http://capecod.craigslist.org/grd/1700536944.html
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1961 H3
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Posted By: Murph-NC
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 7:30pm
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http://capecod.craigslist.org/grd/1700536944.html - http://capecod.craigslist.org/grd/1700536944.html
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 7:38pm
I emailed him and told him I thought they were nice tractors but the market for either one might be closer to $1200- $1500. He responded right away saying thanks but the engine rebuilds alone were $3000 each. I guess his pricing was not a mistake on his part.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF
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Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 7:52pm
I'm putting a PC in my coffin so you can email me what the fellow gets out of them at his estate auction. At that price he will still have them when he passes on to the great beyond.
The word antique has different meanings to some. I have some thousands of years old stones that could qualify to be antique. I can't even give them away.
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 8:04pm
Good one Dick. You ever try selling those antique rocks on ebay? ya never know,look what pet rocks did years ago.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF
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Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 8:32pm
all that and he used the wrong decals?
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Charlie
'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD
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Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 8:44pm
Gad - thought maybe the zero on the end of the price was a mistake. Sadly, a full restoration costs a ton of money, especially if you hire shops to do the work.... and you never get your money back. I hope he's successful - our world will have gotten a ton more valuable if he does!
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WC, CA, D14, WD45
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Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 9:02pm
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Looks like he'll have to build a new barn!
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Posted By: CTuckerNWIL
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 9:04pm
And he can show his wife proof that he "tried " to sell them.
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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF
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Posted By: DaveKamp
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 9:55pm
Yep- most guys that have that kind of budget certainly wouldn't need a year or more to get it done... and would've used correct decals.
I believe what's being priced-in, is the cost of HIS estimated labor hours... and when restoring tractors, we all realize that 'sweat equity' is priceless, in BOTH aspects of the term.
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Posted By: Larry in OK
Date Posted: 12 May 2010 at 11:03pm
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Isn't that kind of what jacked up the prices of the old car market? A few yahoos pay high dollar for a restoration, a few more even less intelligent yahoos with more money then sense pays the first yahoos price and then pretty soon it gets priced out of the working man's budget...
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Posted By: Dusty MI
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 6:15am
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Dick, landscapers buy rocks.
Dusty
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917 H, '48 G, '65 D-10 series III "Allis Express"
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Posted By: Dave(inMA)
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 6:17am
And "dirt cheap" only applies when you are selling the stuff!
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WC, CA, D14, WD45
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Posted By: GlenninPA
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 6:19am
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Why pay him that much when you can buy a fencerow special and spend that much in parts and time yourself. Heck, he took all the fun out of those tractors. I mean, when you buy low, ain't that what you are buying? Fun?
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Posted By: Dick L
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 7:41am
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Problem is Glenn, you understand the hobby. This guy or maybe his wife waiting to have the kitchen remodeled don't.
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Posted By: Charlie175
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 9:08am
I am not sure why anyone would pay that much for a common tractor, a collector item sure.
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Charlie
'48 B, '51 CA, '56 WD45 '61 D17, '63 D12, '65 D10 , '68 One-Ninety XTD
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Posted By: Kipn
Date Posted: 13 May 2010 at 9:26am
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I'll chaulk it up as he lives on the Cape. Alot down there think that $htt don't smell, ie the Kennedys, and what they have and do is so much better than anybody elses. I'm certianly no expert but shouldn't a 1948 and a 1953 be painted different colors to obtain the best resale price? Again, I could be wrong, but does he really think that an oil leak from a seal can be fixed by using thicker oil? But hey, in the end good luck to him.
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1961 H3
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Posted By: wkpoor
Date Posted: 14 May 2010 at 11:54pm
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A true restore with labor paid at say 50.00/hr I'm sure the cost would rack up quick. I was quoted 2500.00 just to start a paint job on my Farmall H with the finished product more like 3500.00. And that s just the paint. Mind you were talking extremely good work down top the smallest detail but......all this on a 1000.00 tractor when I'm done???? Unforuneatly thats the problem with this hobby. They are actually worth more in the fence row than in the garage or barn.
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Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 4:12pm
Something tells me that guy is going to learn first hand the meaning of "Making a silk purse out of a sow's ear"...
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"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian." Henry Ford
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Posted By: morton(pa)
Date Posted: 15 May 2010 at 4:22pm
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Kipn, All B's were painted PO1.
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