Hi everybody,
My name is Dakota and I'm from southwestern Indiana and I'm new to the MCA. My tractor I have is a 1954 Massey Harris 55 gas that I bought from a MF dealership in Boonville IN in January of this year. This is also my very first antique tractor. In the 8-9 months I've had it, me and dad have done a lot of work to it. We started with cleaning off all the dirt and oil and then fixed the wiring as it was pretty well shot and then put in new gauges, cleaned out/changed coolant in radiator, cleaned up the hydraulic tank and put in fresh oil, replaced the couplers (yes they work!), changed motor oil, fixed the shock and bushings on the seat, took the fenders off and had them bent back out. After doing all that work, I got it out 2-3 weeks ago on one of the nice days and let her run and then drove it. She runs like a champ! I had went back and forth about painting it and decided to leave it in its "work clothes" for now. It really is in decent shape for sitting outside when I bought it. Got her in the garage now out of the weather. Looking forward to showing it off at tractor shows and hopefully plowing with it in the near future.
Hope to get to know all of you!
Cheers,
Dakota