The final insult......

[v8willy]

Lifted from a dealers website...

Obviously off a livestock farm... The only attention the poor little tractor has had in 40 years is to have some led lights stuck to it?‍. And the final insult.....the curse of the straight pipe exhaust.....?
Another one on it's original engine too... ?

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I'd say that ain't too bad, it's pretty much all there & the shape it should be, I've seen a lot worse "mint" stuff before...

 

[Skintagain]

I hate tarted up stuff. My neighbour used to buy good original stuff to do up mint. honestly it broke my heart when they went in the shed and came out more shiney than new. It has taken many many years of hard graft, blood, sweat and tears to make tractor look the way it does, with every one with its unique faults adding to its character. All to be erased by making a tractor posher than it was in the first place. Obviously if it’s on the verge of scrap it is salvaging something that will ultimately be lost forever if not saved but the operational stuff should be left as it is.

 

[DrWazzock]

I use similar kit on a daily basis. As long as it's mechanically sound and not left with fertiliser on it then does it really matter if the paint is a bit tired?
Our MF135 once featured in a photo display of "scrap littering the countryside" in a geography project. Little did they know I'd parked it up while I went for my dinner.

 

[Drillman]

Looking at the fuel tank guarding on the mccrappick I would say it’s spent a lot of it’s life in close proximity to trees or similar!