Moss, I'll agree with you on the fact that the Ventrac is SLIGHTLY better looking than the Power Trac. But neither are beauty queens.
By the way, my house, which I had built, was designed by Walter Burley Griffin, a partner of Frank Lloyd Wright. The design was to have been built in Mason City, Iowa in 1912/13 but was never constructed. We substituted brick & cedar for stucco, converted 6 tiny bedrooms into 3 large ones, but left much of the design in tact. Oh, we eliminated the attached 1 stall horse barn and substituted a 3.5 car garage for practical reasons. On the exterior the windows are all in the correct positions, the footprint is virtually identical to the original, and the main floor is very close to original (we substituted a dinette for the maid's quarters).
We have bits of his stuff (reproductions) scattered throughout. His furniture is awful. But I find solitude and peace in the house. I like the concept of architecture as art and many of our walls have orignal mural work painted on them, or special multi color/layer paint finishes, consequently we have very little adornment in the form of pictures in our home. Lots of wood detailing and lots of paint.
