Very interesting post! Nice work on the restore!
My first tractor was a 79 Ford 1100 4wd. I borrowed it from my Wife's cousin for almost two years before he decided to sell it. I put out feelers for a bigger tractor and ended up with a JD2555 (70 HP). I destroyed almost all of my implements before I managed to find heavier ones for the bigger tractor. I had a friend that needed the Ford 1100, so it got sold. He used it for a couple years, and I bought it back. I used it for a couple years, and a friend in west Florida needed it, so I sold it again. A couple months ago he downsized and told me to come get it, as it was not running. I went over, jumped it off and it ran, so I didn't feel taking it as a non running tractor was right, so he said give him $500 which made both of us happy. The salt air near the beach took it's toll on the ole girl, but I am hopeful that she will go back to keeping me happy again with what it does.
When I sold it the second time, the muffler was about gone, along with the rear turf tires. I picked up a set of tires and rims for it at a salvage yard and took them with me when I went to deliver the tractor. While I was looking around the junkyard, I spotted a 1210 with a nice muffler, so for $60 I bought it, and although it looked the same, it wasn't. I built an adapter out of a block of steel to make it work. Saved a fortune for the new owner.
I have intentions of picking up a finish mower to use behind the Ford 1100 and put it back to work.
The seat is gone, the dash is almost eat up with rust and the front two piece rims need replacing due to the lip of the rim being rusted away. I really don't want to have to weld and shape them back into shape...
David from jax
