Great tractor sales pitch!

Mike (WA) · Jul 12, 2011

Tractor for sale ad in Capital Press, a weekly farm newspaper out of Salem, OR.:

"1959 Ford 801 Selectomatic tractor/ workmaster sheet metal. Easy to drive, power steering and automatic transmission, only 6 hours on the rebuild. Very good condition. Great for gentleman's farm, Christmas tree farm or farmer's market or nursery. Don't buy a derelict for $3-4K and drop a fortune into it like I did. Buy one ready to roll and save big money. $14,500. Can email more pictures. Gig Harbor, WA 253-549-4775."

Just having a hard time getting my arms around "save big money" next to "$14,500" in an ad for an 801 SOS pos.

RGMartin · Jul 12, 2011

(quoted from post at 11:25:31 07/12/11)

"1959 Ford 801 Selectomatic tractor 801 SOS pos.

Blasphemous using DB's "Selectamatic" in reference to a Ford SOS POS...

Old Magnet · Jul 12, 2011

Reminds me of my favorite sign spotted at junk yard.

For Sale, xxxxtractor, complete except for seat and steering wheel.
Ideal for person who has lost his a$$ and doesn't know where to turn....

souNdguy · Jul 12, 2011

PT barnum has a slogan for this.

for 14,500$ I'd expect to get about 11 or 12 SOS tractors..

soundguy

Old Roy · Jul 12, 2011

Was that in Lyles yard ?? -- LOL

I did have a pic of an 8 N that way -- can't find it now

tjdub · Jul 12, 2011

I think he meant 14,500 Pesos.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 12, 2011

I believe the proper ford terminology is the jerkomatic!

Great tractor sales pitch!

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