Any antique tractor buffs out there? We (my dad and I) just bought a Farmall Cub, Farmall B, Farmall Super C, and Farmall 706 from my grand father a couple of weekends ago. Went this past Saturday to get them running after 2 or 3 years. Got the Cub running, but either the coil or condensor is bad. The B & Super C need carb kits. Didn't even attempt to work on the 706 (diesel).

 

We owned a 63 Farmall 140 with a 5' woods belly mower for 15 years and worked that booger really hard over the years. It was an old Missouri highway dept. tractor. Never gave one minutes trouble except for a worm gear in the steering box. When we moved to Mississippi, dad put the old tractor on the farm and home lot for $1,000 bucks. Sat for over 6 months and i bugged him the whole time to keep it for me to have and restore one day. Finally one day i got a call here at school and he said to go pull it off the lot and that I could keep it....I was sooo excited to get our old tractor back. I drove back into town that day (2 hour drive) to get it back. Pulled up, spoke with the guy who runs the store, and he had sold it an hour-and-a-half earlier that day. I was shocked. Couldnt believe it.....it'd sat for 6+ months with no looks...then i missed it by less than 2 hours....
I miss that old tractor, still makes me sick to think about how close I was...but I know she's still running strong....Ill find another one day....

 

That sucks. I'm glad we got these. I know my grandpa would have sold them to other people if we didn't buy them. They're pretty neat. I've never worked on anything with a 6V system before. They're VERY simple though, just the basics. Only bad part is that I'm 2+ hours away and will get to work on them maybe once a month if that.

 

yep theyre alot of fun and pretty simple to work on. My adivce--hold onto them, they are a unique item that will be treasured forever