We went huntin for a herd of tractors.

We got a call that there were some antique tractors in town getting ready for a show or tour or something.

Tom fired up Lou's old Marmon, Kim and Mike got in the rumble seat, I got in the passenger seat and off we went.

We found the empty trailers but no tractors. So we started driving around looking for them.

We found a bait shop run by an Elvis fan, but she had not seen the tractors. We found a golf-cart with a lowboy hauler trailer on the back. I jumped out to take pictures of course. They hadn't seen any tractors either, but we got to see a picture of one of the forty PEDAL-CARS that the old feller had made.

Click here to see us Lookin for the herd of tractors

They sent us in a certain direction but it turns out that it was the wrong way too, but we didn't mind, we hit pay-dirt!

We spotted what looked like an old trolley car in a barn so we decided to turn around and ask the guy cooking something in the front yard if HE had seen any tractors. This guy is my HERO.

This guy was using a large steam boiler to run a stainless steel cooker.

He hadn't seen the tractors but he knew where they were going, in fact they were coming to his place for lunch.

I took pictures of the old tractors that were right behind him.

We spotted some old looking stuff through a doorway behind him, we asked if we could take a peek, he said sure go ahead. I was very busy taking lots of pictures of lots of stuff in an incredibly organized shed.

When we were finishing up Tom started talking to the guy and complimenting him about his wonderful collection.

His response was "Oh you ain't seen NOTHING yet..." which stopped me cold. We looked around the back of the shed and then he told us to go across the street to see some other stuff. We did. It was amazing. Everything as neat as could be. We went back and talked all about scram-jets, exploding stuff, noisy stuff, fast stuff. It was awesome. He builds his own jet engines using old turbochargers (they are already balanced). He occasionally scorches off large areas of turf when he fires up some of the great stuff. I am getting giddy just thinking of it again.

HIS goal is to weasel a ride in an F-15 fighter jet. He has two sons that work on maintenance of jets, one on F-15's and another one on military cargo jets, but he doesn't think he has an in yet. I would love to find a connection to get this guy up there. If you would like to see how a very organized person handles a terrific collection check out this picture album. It's amazing, this is better than the carp.

Click here to SEE THE STUFF

And then we went on to have a very successful day -- yada yada yada

I'll explain after I sleep.

(warren)

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braankraayon said...
That shed looks like an engineers paradise,Warren. You must have been like a kid in a candy store.
June 10, 2007 12:39 PM