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Came across this on YouTube.
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jerrybob
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Very cool! Thanks for posting. Sear did sell it all from their catalogs back in the day....I restored a 1890's horse drawn buggy for a friend a few years ago....it originally sold in the catalog for $19.95. Those are some great looking vintage tractors.
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Yeah we have a Sears & Roebuck house nearby. I had a friend that had a 1940 Buick Businessmans Coupe back in the day that had a Sears & Roebuck remanufatured engine in it. Had a metal plate riveted to the valve cover with the Sears name on it.
And in the TMI division I grew up using a Sears & Roebuck catalog for toilet paper in the outhouse.
And in the TMI division I grew up using a Sears & Roebuck catalog for toilet paper in the outhouse.
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There is more daylight than engine in that thing.
Astounding to see a tractor AD with the tractor selling price printed right there,
Astounding to see a tractor AD with the tractor selling price printed right there,
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Yes, they did. The first motorcycle I ever rode on was an Allstate from Sears Roebuck in Ardmore, OK, in the early '50s.
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Learn something here everyday.
Being a lifelong Model A person I recognized the sound as a Model A and the choke/mixture rod as Model A...
Wish I had not seen this because what Model A collection is complete without a Model A Tractor?
Being a lifelong Model A person I recognized the sound as a Model A and the choke/mixture rod as Model A...
Wish I had not seen this because what Model A collection is complete without a Model A Tractor?
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I thought it was funny that you could buy it for $100 less without the engine. Just in case you had a model A engine laying around.
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When I restored my first Model A short blocks cost $150 and long blocks $195.
I think it would be easy to spend 15 times that now.
The Model A has a unique sound... no mistaking it and this is where the movies often get it wrong... they will show a model a and play generic audio of a car.
Model A engines and later versions with higher compression... often called B and C engines have a lot of torque with large flywheels... sounds perfect for tractor work.
I think it would be easy to spend 15 times that now.
The Model A has a unique sound... no mistaking it and this is where the movies often get it wrong... they will show a model a and play generic audio of a car.
Model A engines and later versions with higher compression... often called B and C engines have a lot of torque with large flywheels... sounds perfect for tractor work.
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Now you GOTTA find one!
Maybe John will sell you one of his 39's.
He does have 5, and who needs five?
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Maybe I can trade him one of my Model A's?
We have a standing family joke that my brother and I should create a small AG museum on the corner of his property... Celebrating Local Agricultural Heritage.
Between the antique tractors and cars plus some old related equipment we could have a nice display... add in some historic pictures of the farm and done...
We have a standing family joke that my brother and I should create a small AG museum on the corner of his property... Celebrating Local Agricultural Heritage.
Between the antique tractors and cars plus some old related equipment we could have a nice display... add in some historic pictures of the farm and done...
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Yeah we have a Sears & Roebuck house nearby. I had a friend that had a 1940 Buick Businessmans Coupe back in the day that had a Sears & Roebuck remanufatured engine in it. Had a metal plate riveted to the valve cover with the Sears name on it.
And in the TMI division I grew up using a Sears & Roebuck catalog for toilet paper in the outhouse.
I've seen Sears houses but never a tractor - that's really neat!
Continuing the TMI, we didn't have an outhouse but we kept old catalogs in the bathroom for when the TP ran out.
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Just helping you with the space that needs filling at the Solar Hacienda....
Neat tractor JD, thanks for posting.
Rgds, D.
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Just helping you with the space that needs filling at the Solar Hacienda....
Neat tractor JD, thanks for posting.
Rgds, D.
Just out taking measurements... would think just shy of 2 acres there would be lots of room but the property is from the center of a ridge sloping down to the a small creek...
Nothing construction wise is cheap here... building trades are full out with all the fires the last couple of years...
Home/Workshop is nice... 3 garage doors are 7'9" wide each... fine for small cars and tractors!
The Model A mechanical aspect is most intriguing for a vintage tractor... must not be many in California for me not to have come across one... have seen a Model A powered airplane... now that is scary...
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Yep that's the one!
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Awesome. Love old tractors. I was to a show one time in moncton. A display guy said did you know the wheels in the front was to save $50 on the price of a tractor because they didn't have to supply a front axle. $50 back then was also of money. Man different times for sure but I'm not so sure how far we really came.
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I thought it was s row crop tractor as most seemed to be in that day.
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Found another Sears sold tractor.
SirMaxwell
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Sears was the 'Amazon' of their day. They actually invented the whole buy it from home concept. Your only choice back then, in small/med towns was the local General Store. Sears came out with a catalog, and the rest is history. If you could buy it, they sold it. Homes, cars, airplanes, wood mills, grain mills, you name it. **** shame what management has done to them, all while scamming millions in bonus's. Definitely be included in Business classes of the future.
Bird
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I'm old enough to remember when folks bought baby chicks and even honey bees through the mail. I think those came from Sears, too.
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