Auction C/SC

Noticed a Farmall C on a trailer going to the MCC auction at the fairgrounds this morning. Decided to investigate what it looked like up close and personal. It had one of the "looks good from the road" paint jobs and had C decals. Talked to the older gent that had bought it to fix up for the charity auction (Mennonite Central Commitee)and he said it was a '51 C. Got to looking it over an found it had too many SC features to be a C.... water pump, temp guage on the hydraulics, curved clutch and brake pedals. Tag was unreadable except for the S/N and I didn't have a pencil to copy that down, but I'm pretty certain it's an early Super. It sounded good when fired up, but later I wondered about the hydraulics... the touch control levers were positioned even with each other, but the double arms on the left side were mis-aligned. I would like to see it started again to see if they both move okay.
also a late JD B, Case D and Ford 8N (late side distributor) were there to be auctioned off. The Case had a [u:3f64286469]beautiful[/u:3f64286469] paint job and decals on the sheet metal, the JD was not too bad and the Ford and SC were, as mentioned, good from a distance but not so good up close.

As far as I know the C was discontinued in '50.
Super C from '51-54 unless I'm mistaken.

71880-80432 built in 1951.

SC's have 6 digit serials, like the C prefix is FC.

I was busy working at the sale the whole time and
didn't see anything sell at the auction. I'll be
interested to see what the the tractors sold for.
Of course it is natural for things to bring far more
than market value at these MCC sales since it is all
going to charity. I did hear that the 1942
Studebaker 2-door brought $15k. It was in great
shape for being all original.

(quoted from post at 19:22:26 04/12/13) SC's have 6 digit serials, like the C prefix is FC.

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I didn't write down the number, but pretty sure it was 6 digits. The FC would be part of the painted part of the tag and that had been cleaned off. The stamped number could still be seen. there were enough Sc features to convince me what it was. I hope some of the prices are published in the paper. They always do the highest price quilt and occasionally some other prices.
I was not going to fight the crowd to see it sell, or stand in line for the food, so stayed clear of the fairgrounds today. Under normal sale prices, it would have been a $1000-1200 tractor, but for charity, it no doubt sold higher than that. If it had the proper decals and the quality paint job the Case had, it would have been much, much more.

JD B- $4500
Ford 8N- $4000
Cases C - $2900
Farmall SC- $1600

I thought the Case was a D, but it was a C. The JD was nice, but the paint was not nearly like the Case. Ford paint was not that good at all and there were small dents in the hood and bars missing from the grill.
[u:06e78ab7d3]Original[/u:06e78ab7d3] 1942 Studebaker coupe sold for $14,750. I saw it driving in for the auction when I was on my way home after looking at the tractors.

The person who painted the Case is well known in
this area for his high quality work. He and his son
have a collision repair business and also work in a
tractor paint job now and then. If you attend the
Goessel Threshing Days you will see a number of
tractors on display that show their talent.

(quoted from post at 15:54:04 04/14/13) The person who painted the Case is well known in
this area for his high quality work. He and his son
have a collision repair business and also work in a
tractor paint job now and then. If you attend the
Goessel Threshing Days you will see a number of
tractors on display that show their talent.

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Do you know the dates of the Gossel show? I've been wanting to get to it for some time.... maybe this will be the year.

It's always the first weekend in August; this year
the dates are the 2nd through 4th. It can be quite
hot here this time of year so if you come be
prepared for that. This year we're featuring
"Kansas-made products" and garden tractors. We are
planning a full menu of field exhibits again this
year (weather permitting of course) including corn
picking and binding, plowing and other tillage,
threshing, and stationary silage chopping.

(quoted from post at 18:55:24 04/15/13) This year we're featuring
"Kansas-made products" and garden tractors. We are
planning a full menu of field exhibits again this
year (weather permitting of course) including corn
picking and binding, plowing and other tillage,
threshing, and stationary silage chopping.

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Wow!!! I really need to try to make it. Couple of things... First the garden tractors. A friend restored one of the real early cub Cadets for his grandson and I put him onto one of the 2 speed gear boxes from a Cadet I used to own. Luckily the guy it went to still had it in a tree row. Next, about all the things you listed, I was involved with as a kid. Being raised in Iowa, plowing and picking corn were a given, but I also got in on the tail end of threshing oats and filling silos with a stationary cutter and of course the binder went along with that. I have breakfast from 2 to 4 days a week with the guy that did the Cadet, so I'll be sure he is aware of that.
BTW, do people from there still say they are "From up behind Gossel"? :lol:

Since I "married in" to the area I haven't been
able to get a good explanation as to what "behind
Goessel" really is. It is something that folks
the age of my parents-in-law joke about but
doesn't come up in conversation with the younger
crowd. I have understood it to mean whichever
side of town you weren't from.

The last few years we have been trying to really
highlight our field demonstrations since many
other clubs don't have the benefit of having their
own farm land right at the show grounds. With so
many shows around you have to do something to
stand out. In addition to the activities I
mentioned above, I forgot to say that we also hold
back 3-4 acres of wheat for combining during the
show. Depending on the summer's weather the grain
isn't always in the best shape by then but we're
not doing it for the money.

It is something that folks
the age of my parents-in-law joke about but
doesn't come up in conversation with the younger
crowd. I have understood it to mean whichever
side of town you weren't from.

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At 70, I may be the age of your in-laws. First I heard of the "up behind Goessel" was when a guy that worked for me at Cessna married a girl from there. That had to be 30+ years ago as they now have kids 25 years old or more. Don't remember what her maiden name was, but her folks farmed there.