stopped to see my former neighbor, he's almost 94 & was raking hay

[JRD77VET]

Stopped in to see my former neighbor and say Hi. I had to wait about 20 minutes while he finished raking hay with the John Deere Model B. Sam will be 94 in a couple months and is still doing pretty good.

Here's a picture of him from a couple years ago
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4347.jpg~original

Sam is responsible for my appreciation of vintage iron. Here's a few pics of some of his "goodies"

Upright Otto hit & miss
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4318.jpg~original

Water hopper Otto
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4296.jpg~original

Screen cooled International Harvester
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4304.jpg~original

A few of his cast iron tractor seats
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4335.jpg~original

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4336.jpg~original

Spare magnetos
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4747.jpg~original

Traylor tractor ( made in Allentown, Pa )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4253-1.jpg~original

Back in the day when you wanted to paint something, you went to the general store and picked up a gallon of lead base paint. You added your own pigment if you wanted something other than white.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4753.jpg~original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v78/JRD77VET/hit%20and%20miss/DCP_4754.jpg~original

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Lucky you! :seasix:

I love old machinery!!

Understanding how things were done and made 'in the day' has always
been a thrill....What a great collection of neat stuff....

[JRD77VET]

Lucky you! :seasix:

I love old machinery!!

Understanding how things were done and made 'in the day' has always
been a thrill....What a great collection of neat stuff....

Slide show of some of his stuff

Hit And Miss Slideshow by JRD77VET | Photobucket (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD77VET/slideshow/hit%20and%20miss)

[SQUIRMIN VERMIN 84]

Slide show of some of his stuff

Hit And Miss Slideshow by JRD77VET | Photobucket (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/JRD77VET/slideshow/hit%20and%20miss)

Hard to believe all that stuff fits in that outbuilding!

Thanks for a great looksee! Saving a lot of these pix!
:seasix:

[JRD77VET]

Hard to believe all that stuff fits in that outbuilding!

Thanks for a great looksee! Saving a lot of these pix!
:seasix:

He started collecting most of those engines and other items when they were "outdated" and all you had to do was outbid the scrap dealer at the auction.

It's the folks like him that saved a lot of rare examples of early farming engines and machines.

[OddBall]

When he's done raking, send him my way to show me how :Jeff '79:

[JRD77VET]

When he's done raking, send him my way to show me how :Jeff '79:

You really want a 93 year old man driving down to your place from PA? :D

I wish I would have brought my camera with me. He had a clover cutter that was pretty cool. Hand operated to cut clover fine to feed to chickens. The clover makes the yolks darker :seasix: