Posted by Fixerupper on July 09, 2020 at 14:14:26 from (108.161.63.205):
Just a quick pic of my 35 A made on April 5th 1935 just a month after the open fan shaft was discontinued. It still has the pistons that might be the originals unless they were replaced before dad bought it. I do know they are standard size yet. I am shuffling a few tractors around giving them a quick rinse with the power washer in the process and this Is one of them. Dad bought this A 70 years ago to use as a light duty second tractor. When I was A kid dad put me on this tractor to rake hay, run a crimper and haul manure. He put me on this tractor instead of the 630 for hauling manure because this A doesn't go fast! I guess he knew my tendency to want to go fast. I hated driving that old antique back then but the passage of time has changed my attitude somewhat. When I started it today it popped the second time over and started and ran on the fourth time over. Not bad for having four year old gas in the tank. The gas did not smell sweet and fresh but it did smell pretty good considering its age. Yes it's ethanol. The carb float was bad, I knew it and had a new float ready to throw in it so with the new float in I drove it a mile on the road I used to drive it on so many years ago just to warm it up. Now it sits in its new home in the new shed. Maybe I will exersize the old girl more often now that it is more visible.
Oh, there's a story connected to it.Dad drove this tractor when he worked as a hired hand for a farmer during the war. When he bought it he did not know this was the tractor he drove for the farmer until he was visiting with the farmer 50 years later. The farmer was dying of cancer and dad would go to his house to visit with him every few days. During one of those visits the farmer was reminiscing about tractors he used to own and this A came up in the conversation. The farmer traded this A for a new 1950 A at Johnson Implement in Newell Iowa. Dad bought it from Johnson not knowing it's history. The farmer said he bought this A from his father in law who bought it new in Odebolt Iowa. A blacksmith in Alta Iowa put it on rubber but I don't know when that was done. The rear tires that are on it now were new when dad bought it 70 years ago. There is a boot in the sidewall of one tire that has been bulging ever since I was a kid and it is still holding. So that's the story. I should write it down for my son and grandson so the history isn't lost.
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