Iron in the Raw!

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=125 BGCOLOR="#CC0033" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="042467d1ddthii.gif"> <div> <B> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="775" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 41 ><NOBR><div> <B>                                </B><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Old South Tractor</B></FONT></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="0f7735d0.jpg" border=0 width="115" height="93" ALT="farmallmadd2.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 23 WIDTH="373"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="373" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="71"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="71" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="194"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="23" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="194" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=3 HEIGHT= 24 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="main.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Old South Tractor"><U>Old South Tractor</U></A>   |   <A HREF="new.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats New!"><U>What's New!</U></A>   |   Iron in the Raw! 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 Pix soon.</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>F-30 #2</B></div> <div> Patiently waiting its turn.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="736" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 138 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0cdc57c0.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="124" ALT="Regular.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0ccaf830.jpg" border=0 width="175" height="131" ALT="Regular '28-B.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0e39b840.jpg" border=0 width="155" height="132" ALT="Regular '29-A.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="098ad820.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="130" ALT="H-A.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 34 ><NOBR><div> <B>1928 Farmall Regular</B></div> <div> Ready for sandblaster.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>'28 Regular</B></div> <div> Sandblasted & primed.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>1929 Regular</B></div> <div> Sandblasted & primed.</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>1947 Farmall H</B></div> <div> Sandblasted & primed.</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="742" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b0ad770.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="119" ALT="CKD 560 old 2B.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b2b2750.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="117" ALT="LGD 300-A.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="0b4b5790.jpg" border=0 width="181" height="121" ALT="Troy 300 Utility.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="183"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="130" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="183" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 98 WIDTH="180"><div> <B>1959 Farmall 560</B></div> <div> To be or not to be?  Parts or restore?  Anyone want to place a vote on its fate?</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="178"><div> <B>Laura's 1955 Farmall 300</B></div> <div> The "Before" shot.  Paint on this one was removed with stripper, a painstaking process.</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="180"><div> <B>Troy's Farmall 300 Utility</B></div> <div> This one had been sitting in a barn for about 30 years when we happened upon it.  After working on it for an hour, it cranked right up!</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="183"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="98" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="183" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="725" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 195 WIDTH="57"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="195" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="57" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e52cbd0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="189" ALT="Combine.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1e35eb70.jpg" border=0 width="350" height="183" ALT="The Dodge.jpg" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 66 WIDTH="57"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="66" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="57" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="300"><div> Ahh, the potential!  We'll get this <B>IH McCormick</B> <B>combine</B> running one day.  So much iron, so little time...</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="352"><div> This <B>1946 Dodge</B> was a recent find.  Look at the curves on her sheet metal and compare to today's Rams.  Just more proof that you should hang on to your old stuff, because it will eventually come back into style.</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="new.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Whats New!"><U>BACK</U></A>      <A HREF="dd.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Davis Davis"><U>NEXT</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>