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From "the Loko Corner"

WARNING: Due to the graphic descriptions and adult themes in the following
                       story, reader discretion is strongly advised as the content might
                       prove to be offensive to some!
                       IN SOME INSTANCES, NAMES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO PROTECT THE
                       INNOCENT..........AND PERHAPS THE GUILTY!

Chapter Ten

To be continued

     Finally, if you remember me writing about "Bob" (Chapter 6 ), I had decided to start accumulating parts in order to do a restoration on that poor, tired, old tractor, hopefully at sometime in the near future. (In my world, that equates to sometime within the next five to ten years.) Anyway, one day as I was scrolling down through the photo ads on YTMAG.COM, I came across a "Farmall B Parts Tractor" (at a good price for a "parts tractor") which was located in Elmer, New Jersey so I emailed the fellow that had it and got more information. After a few emails back and forth, we struck a deal and he agreed to hold it until I could come for it.   So, one day I said to "the old girl", "hey Jan, we need to set a date to take a trip to scenic Elmer, New Jersey to pick up a parts tractor which I bought to use when I start to restore "Bob".
     Now, for those of you who have been following this series of articles from the beginning, you will note a definite change in my stategy on how to break the news of getting another tractor to the Mrs.. I would like to think that I had finally worn her down to the point where she finally realized that "she wasn't going to beat them so she might as well join them" but then maybe it was that this parts tractor was being brought home to be used in the restoration of "bob" which was her daddy's old tractor that he had given to me some years ago.  Maybe the truth was that it was a combination of both of these things.  Anyway, she went on line and booked us a room for the night at one of the better motels and on the appointed day, away we went to Elmer New Jersey, which did turn out to be a small, old, quaint, little town tucked into the farm land of southern New Jersey.  This time, I didn't even have to borrow a trailer. I had my own.   Nothing much of interest happened on the trip up or back but I did learn a costly lesson about using a GPS and following the route it suggests.  From now on, I will be sure to tell it not to use toll roads if at all possible. The trip up cost us $39.00 in tolls. After reprimanding the GPS and telling it to find a route home without tolls, it only cost us $8.00. (If we could have figured a way to get across the river without using the Delaware Memorial Bridge, it would have been cheaper but $8.00 is a whole lot better than $39.00.)
     A few weeks after we got home, I started looking the tractor over a lot closer. Other than having a blown engine, the tractor looked pretty good. It had good rear tires, good sheetmetal and it did not seem to be missing any other parts. Still, something wasn't right with that tractor. I found the serial number plate, cleaned it off, took down the numbers and headed for my Farmall Data Book. The "B Parts Tractor" turned out to be a "BN Parts Tractor",..... HMMM. I really thought with this tractor, my quest was over but now in addition to finding a new motor for the BN, I still need to find a source for parts for "Bob".
    The decision is not 100% definite but it is around 90% and if I do decide not to use this tractor for parts, "ELMER" will have found a new home. After giving it a lot of thought, with the acquisition of "Elmer", I guess I have collected my last "new" old Farmall.
     What's that you say? You know somebody with a Hebard Shop Mule? Do you have his phone number? .........

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