Hi, Andy
 I hope this finds you well and in high spirits. I've been under the weather lately, struggled through work on Monday, but chose to take Tues. and Wed. as sick days. I hope I'm over this soon.  With nothing to do the last couple days I've been watching the HPOCA website. Most interesting is the exchange on what will become of #3. Everyone in this tug-of-war (I&amp;I, Heritage Museum, and the HPOCA) have a claim and ties (of sorts) to #3. 
This leads me to some questions, perhaps you know the answers, maybe you don't. 
 How many times can the loan of #3 be extended to any one group? Indefinately??? Are there guidelines for this?
 How did the Smithsonian aquire this tractor? Was it "given" to them, is it "on loan" to them, were there any strings attached? Has anyone ever seen any documentation of #3 changing hands? The wording of such a document may hold answers to this problem. 
  Mull this over and consider the possibilities, I'm sure most of this is politicaly motivated. I guess I'm done, time to go take another nap. 
                                                                        oleblu