My CA's
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Topic: My CA's
Posted By: 1955CA
Subject: My CA's
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 6:26am
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Took some pics of both my CA's out yesterday. The 52 with the oversize tires is as it was bought. I have not touched it. My 55 runs awesome but neither one is "pretty" I'm still on the fence about painting the 55. I love nice shiny ones, but then started thinking do I want to erase 69 years of history and farmers touch ups?
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Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 6:28am
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Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 6:30am
Then decided to get all the old ones out for a group photo.
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Posted By: IBWD MIke
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 7:54am
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Nice line-up. I think about doing one of those every year, just never get time to do it. Did some years back but the heard has expanded quite a bit since then! Maybe this fall after the crops are out? |
Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 8:31am
I'd like to have more too, LOL I just had the Allis's and the Ford out yesterday, so figured I'd take out the little Massey's and get a group pic.
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IBWD MIke wrote:Posted By: GeneD14
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 9:45am
| Great lookin group of tractors!!! |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 12:07pm
| Sweet! |
Posted By: Brian G. NY
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 2:05pm
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The one in the foreground in the first picture looks like how I imagine a new one would look coming off the dealer's lot. Great pictures!
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Posted By: 1955CA
Date Posted: 08 Aug 2024 at 8:04pm
| Thanks everyone. They're not the museum quality painted resto's I dream of, but I've done a bunch of mechanical work to them and they run really good. But they'll keep getting better as time goes on. I never stop tinkering with them. Just don't always have a lot time at this point in life. |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2024 at 12:12pm
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Thanks for the pictures. Super nice looking MF. I think those CA's look pretty decent as they are. Certainly appear to have been reasonably cared for all their lives. I have a red lawn tractor that came with chrome wheel covers. Was that an unusual option? Haven't seen many with them.
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Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 09 Aug 2024 at 9:25pm
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I wouldn't paint it, but that's my preference. Unless the paint is almost all gone, or someone put JD green on an AC tractor, I think they look better with older paint. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |