Millsonwheels
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Well Ive been searching for a project or fun tractor for quite some time now and I found this model at a local consignment auction. It is a 1953 John Deere 40 s (standard). As I am still a college student on a budget I will show my current expenditures on this project and will hopefully in the end have a good looking and usable machine.
Here goes:
Well the whole day of the auction this tractor could be seen running very smoothly with no fuss of any kind so I assumed it was a solid machine. But after purchasing it, Its 6 volt system could not be bothered to get it going again, but after alittle rewiring it climbed on the trailer under its own power.
Purchase price : $1,700
Tax: $85
Running Total: $1,750
Anyway Here are some pictures when I first got it home and unloaded.
Here goes:
Well the whole day of the auction this tractor could be seen running very smoothly with no fuss of any kind so I assumed it was a solid machine. But after purchasing it, Its 6 volt system could not be bothered to get it going again, but after alittle rewiring it climbed on the trailer under its own power.
Purchase price : $1,700
Tax: $85
Running Total: $1,750
Anyway Here are some pictures when I first got it home and unloaded.