Well…  The old B Farmall is still in the shop.  As you may know, it developed a bad cylinder and was leaking antifreeze into the oil pan.  By the time I buy the motor kit, machine the engine, and pay someone else to put it together, the estimate is $2000.  (once this house is finished, I need a shop!)  I told the mechanic to button it back up. The search is now on for a replacement motor or replacement tractor.  Since I don’t have a picture of the “good paint, bad motor B”, here is one of the previous “weak paint, weak motor B” sitting in the barn.

Turns out, more people are collecting these tractors than using them.  I sent a friend to an auction with a bid of $2000 on a Farmall Cub.  The little 10 horsepower tractor brought $2900!  I know with hydraulics, the little tractors are handier than a shirt pocket, but what does a new 24 hp mower cost?

I found another B in South Missouri someone has been restoring for $1300.  I sent him a message, but it must be already sold.  Haven’t heard back from him yet.

So if any of you know the location of: a B (113 cid) motor, a nice A,B,C, Cub, you now know someone who is looking for one.  (I might even go as far as a 300 Utility with finish mower but, Don’t Tell Honey Bunches!)