I have to say that I never set foot on a tractor or a farm growing up in the city of Cleveland, Ohio.  BUT as a child I always loved and played with toy tractors in my back yard dirt pile (which is 100x 375, a big lot in the city) 

 45 years later, I always had a fondness for tractors in my heart....donno why  so one day out looking for more old motorcycles/junk yards we passed a tractor "old folks home" and there she was...a Oliver 77 RC....I turned around and had to look her over, she was complete side curtains and all.

After a long conversation with the wife I made the deal with the dealer, she didn't run but that didn't bother me, she was the tractor of my dreams.


 Once home I took pictures of every angle for reference, then a good pressure washing to remove who knows how many years of crud, she is a 1951.

I put her in my shop for disassembly, I was amazed how well tractors are made, not ONE bolt was stripped or had problems removing, the engine was in poor shape #4~5 had broken ring lands and some scoreing of the cylinders.

I am happy to say that in my spare time the she is comlpetely down to the frame, engine gone through (new liners/pistons seals bearings etc) and I am in the assembly mode, ONLY a year later !!

BUT it happened again !!!! out looking for "stuff" again I found a little 1940 Ford 9N.....the wife is the one that wanted it saying"it's cute"

Oh Lordy what have I done !!!!!

Hopefully the end of this summer I can have BOTH running.

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