Antique tractor shows

Now that the tractors shows are in full swing, the correct police will be coming out of the woodwork.
This country is the home of the brave, if its the land of the free I have my doubts.
Among the many things that I am thankful for is that the correct police don't have the authority to arrest anyone.
All they can do is deny one to display a tractor at, lets say the 2cyl expo.
You say, that you don't know what a correct police looks like, they come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities. They don't have on a regulation uniform, but most all display the same kind of mannerism.
Usually they approach your display and are oblivious of your presence. They might walk around your pride and joy several times muttering to their selves, and then they spring into action.
Most won't acknowledge the hard work and expense that has been put in the project, but will tell you that the decal is one half inch out of place or the hose clamp is on upside down, something that doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
I tell them the 20/20 rule, that is, 20 feet away and at 20 miles an hour it isn't noticeable.

How have others handled the C/P? It would be interesting to hear from an actual c/police person.

I just take my two tractors in there work cloths they haven't anything to say but nice looking old tractor must have been well cared for over the years. Giggle
Walt

I actually got one of these idiots thrown out of the show! He was giving an older lady a bunch of sh&$&%&(t about some of this ladys sick husbands tractor. Reported him to security and next thing you know he was loading up HIS crap! Made my day.

Ask him what kind of tractor he owns.

Thank them for their 'comments'....Then tell them "It's MY tractor and I LIKE it just as it is!"

Just another reason I like nice, original tractors over restored ones. As long as it has the right parts on it and not something scabbed together, how can anyone fuss about it? Anyone can restore a tractor but a nice original is a thing of beauty that not everyone can have, regardless of the rarity of the model. Mike

As the celebrities say, bad criticism is better than no comment at all.

As I have said before it is your tractor, if you are happy with it that is all that matters and the correct police need to get a life.

Long walk, short pier. Go Flock yourself. I try to find the hard work that went into bringing an old tractor back. No tolerance for Correct police. I don't even own one correct tractor...or care.

Stumpy

And where it is? joe

I care about as much about the "correct police" as I do people who load up a bunch of junk and try to sell it as good "original" stuff. The haul around the same stuff they've had on their junk trailers year after year, and maybe sell one piece at a show, but somehow think their junk is worth something.

Now I appreciate the amount of money and work it takes to bring a tractor back to the condition it was when it left the factory, and I've done it myself. But I'd much rather see one in good mechanical condition, decent paint job('cause it's almost impossible to find one that hasn't been badly painted sometime), with most of the farmer added modifications still on it. It shows how it looked when it was working. I'm lucky enough to have two family tractors and they both have all the things Dad, Grandpa, & Uncle Tommy did to them still there. Just adds to the memories for me.

I own seven tractors so I thought that it would be nice to do a pretty decent resto on one. I haven't really taken it to much for shows but I have had it at a big local agricultural fair twice. I don't spend that much time with it there but one time this guy came along and he was nice enough about it and commented about a few things that were not correct. Now the tractor is really pretty correct but I did take a few liberties with how I wanted to do some things, and then there are a few things where I just haven't found the correct part yet so I have a few things that are not actually correct if one really knows the Fords. So I just smiled and said to him well you know them pretty good, can you find the other eighteen things?

let me see if i have this right; so correct police can also be sidewalk commandos. i wonder what percentage of them are employed as flashlight cops ?

Hi
you won't get a comment on your tractor from me, unless you have 2 shades of paint over spray round your tires in a 6" wide band.Or you painted it with a brush or spray gun and got 6" runs in the paint on most parts, and never cleaned half of it down before painting. The other good one is thinking 1/2" of paint seals oil leaks better than sealer or new gaskets, seen a few new restos leaking bad and the paint ruined at the first show!.
if it looks good and right I really don't care about the small details.
Our local show has some stuff that don't even look right at 50ft and the guys are proud of the restorations.
Regards Robert

just like with old cars, the CP are getting out of control at tractor shows.
Best you can do is try to over-rule them.
I walk around and when I see a first time attempt at a 'restoration'
...that isn't very good...
I make it a point to talk to the owner (who is proud of course...he brought it to a show) and even if I can't find much to compliment
about the work. I'll still say great old tractor, congrats on fixing it up.
Takes the sting out of the CP baloney he is getting.

modern 'polite' society is part of the problem.
Old days, telling a big ol farmboy that his
dog is ugly
wife is fat
or
his tractor is 'wrong'
would pretty much guarantee a wrassle
no more........