Several years ago we bought a pair of rear spoke wheels from a young man in Arkansas.
The young man said that he had bought them to put on his Model B tractor.
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He had been working on his tractor for about 5 years and had lost interest in the project.
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He offered to sell the tractor to us if interested.
The tractor was dismantled, but he assured us that all the parts were still there.
We returned about a month later to get the tractor.
Put wheels and tires on the tractor and loaded it on the trailer for the trip back to NE Texas.
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The young man told us that the originally the tractor belonged to his Uncle Earl.
After about two years, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIjNH2ghdTA&feature=share&list=FL4gFuJx6qHbiK0FRREh2lDw">finally got "Uncle Earl" put back together and running again</a>.
Posted several videos of "Uncle Earl" on YouTube and got a comment from another young man in Arkansas.
He wrote that his father was named Earl and that he had once owned a 39 B.
Not sure if his father was the original owner, but made a good story.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbWw1_yOHUA&feature=share&list=PL9C67AC7D554C5F88">"Uncle Earl" pulls the hay rake</a>, displays the flag on holidays, and once won first place at a car show.
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