Tonyinca

Carol and I left Monday spent couple nights with my daughter today we in Gallup Nm I am going to start a thread on this page of trip and pictures of show ! However , I suck at pictures according to my wife so we need to ask for help from Brady Boy and Sledgehammer tony

Great picture of what an animal can mean to us ! Lets keep that one foot a head of the other like you said ! Makes me think of H.D. how he persisted and came to Sedalia RPRU on oxygen defying his Doc's cause he wanted to meet his Red Power friends and took a group picture with us. Lot of great inspiration and tough guys that I want to emulate when I get old ! lol. Thanks Guys , Tony

I hear what your saying loud and clear! Towards the end of my baler project June of 2021 , I could tell something was happening to my stamina, breathing ,patients. I hurried to finish, thinking I was just getting older and after two years of hard work at project I was getting tired. Well, got her done just before leaving for RPRU in Du Quine end of june into July did not feel right feeling horrable but had no reason though all I needed was a vacation , RPRU and trip went well had good time but fought, little stamina and lack of enthusiasm on everything because of being tired all the time. Week after home from RPRU was taken to ER with A Fib which I had never had,that I was aware of , Hospital four days , lot of meds added , thought I was okay but kept getting dizzy and having A fib events. December 14th pass out at home coughing ,back to ER Severe Double Pneumonia ,in covid ward for a week ,even though I tested negative for Covid , for two days in hospital I thought I was gone ! Sent home week later with all oxygen equipment , on oxygen 6 weeks at home , Starting to get moving, Cordiologist says A Fib is bad need Ablation back to heart hospital Feb 28 ,2022. Made it, but my stamina goes from about 9am to 3pm with lot of little rests in-between and then I need a nap or two ,if I am standing on cement i fade fast, but I keep plenty of chairs in Shop ! Here I am 76 and Doc is saying from what I went through It will take at least a year to recoup stamina ! Going to try RPRU again this year going by MH will carry oxygen with us just in case , My wife enjoys driving as I do ,so we will divide the duties . Oldtanker, lets keep pushing because our window of opportunities is gradually closing , Covid shutdown took two years off our retirement activities and now we have to push ,not too hard but like they say in the MH adds ROUGHING IT SMOOTHLY. Best to you ! remember, 67 and 76 is still young , I keep praying for quality till 86 Will see what God thinks .lol Tony

We are planning on all three days. Will be leaving here early next week going to visit family along the way , the plan is there by Wednesday22nd. God willing . After these last few years of Covid and my own health issues, along with my friend's health issues, its time for us to take all the advantage of time the good Lord has aloud ! Love seeing all my IH friends and meeting new ones ! The old Bus is ready ,As long as no def problems or diesel shortage , Or obstacles along the way ! MY Doc says go , my wife says go , my pocket book wont talk to me, its lost a lot of weight! , my mind says yes lets go have fun! , my body says slow down buddy take your time don't get to crazy or I'll show you who's boss ! lol. So, Its Ohio or Bust !, Tony

Eddie is home ! His wife is trying to keep him resting instead of farming !lol. Thank you all for your prayers ! I was a little worried , Shop would never be the same without us taking a break and settling the worlds problems ! Not to mention when I get tired of working on projects ,HE COMES UP WITH MORE IDEAS and gets me riled up. Good friends are not at every corner got to keep this old fart around ! Tony

I wonder ! I can just see that a big quiet smile with a pair of tongs and a bashing hammer next to the forage fire ! Says with a grin “, Darn português ,how am I going to use it now ?” I knew I could never put a square peg in a round hole when you came in the door !” tony

Absolutely , I hope you can , let me know ahead of time so I can show you around ! btw thank you ! tony

Me too ! Can’t wait to get it home , it will be done by same guy that did their original logo . he is a pin Striper that has lived all his life less then a half mile from where Herb and Herbie lived . tony

6/3/22 upholstery is finished !!!!! here are few pictures ,, it will be going back to shop for odds and ends and make sure running good , then to painter for any touch up then final buffing Hope to pick up after home from RPRU tony

Thank you Guys !! 6/2/22 I talked to Eddie today ,made it through surgery okay , still have a tube in him but his spirits seem good. Probably be in hospital through weekend. Seems he had adverse reaction to Rheumatoid meds . creating lot of internal issues. Thank you again, He is shy about posting but is a diehard follower and IH guy and my life long neighbor just a little up the road to the North. those were his hay fields that we tried out the 71 baler on last summer Tony

6/1/22 I know that old Red tractor prayers work ! I am asking for your prayers , please ,for my friend , Eddie, Nieghbor and partner in crime when it comes to classic IH ‘ and Oliver’s He is being taken for surgery as I write this 9:03 pm pacific time for a serious blockage . tony

Nice Work! She is a beauty! Congratulations, Tony

Thank you Gentlemen for your kind words ! it was a long hall , I am very happy but tired and ready to enjoy it and take a break from restorations . I’ll be posting the interior when finished and when I get it home . if my health holds , we are planning on going to RPRU in Ohio later in June so planning on bringing it home when we get back around first of July . tony

5/25/22 I visited ,"Herb the flat bed", today and drove it for first time and hearing it run was great! very pleased ! It’s at upholstery shop in picture , he told me, "done by end of next week with Upholstery", then back to IH parts America for final adjustments and painter for touch up and final polishing . planning on it home by first of July tony couple pics

That picture above cannot get any better ! Tony

Mufflers and extensions and heat shields came from Devon’s tractor parts , Indiana. I had them ceramicoated and Shields were chromed . I had to make most of my brackets , bolts spacers , then chrome them tony

Last I saw recently was 7500.00 asking , Dont know if he got it or not. The last one I actually saw sell was 6500.00 about five years ago Tony

You know I catch myself looking at her everytime I go in shed and I love to drive it and it is and sounds snappy . I feel as as you ! try to ignore that pre 39 guy in the seat , however , he did a great job in parade ! tony

Thank you BJ for helping me with videos tony

5/6/22 it came alive today , 40 gallons of propane in tank they hit starter and it took off, they said . We had a problem with brass tank in radiator was to thin after polishing . leaking so I told them put new tank and paint black , I’ll take care of brass here at home . they sent three short video’s , I asked BJ Kline to post them for me . If all goes well it’s going to Uphostery next week . After it’s come home finally ! tony

Not quite sure what you need but I tried to cover all in pictures. If you need more info let us know ill do all I can to help. Tony

I hope I can get to shop tomorrow for pics Tony

4/23/22 Her first show and parade ! tony

Danny thank you for all the pictures ! And all the help ! tony

4/29/22 Finally starting to recuperate from a fabulous four days . was surprised by Ryan Peters , Johnathan Langdon of Iowa . Jim Hartman and wife Pat from Texas ! Also what can I say my friend Danny and Kathy Anderson , AKA Dirt Boyz ,from Mn brought their 886 out to pull with us and it put on a good show ! thank you Danny for the tremendous amount of coordination he did for me in loading and unloading and He and Ryan and Johnathon helped me shuffle tractors for parade . a shout out to my BIL with the blue trucks and Donnie Luis with green truck that got me there and back with help of Danny’s and my Goosenecks ! I had 13 tractors , two hay mowers , one FH blade , and baler there ! Whew ! Our Cal Tex cotton girl 806 lp has a bad case of Covid ! Lol lol stayed home in sick bay . I’ll post a few pic s of behind the scenes loading and lining up for parade . I have several videos but I’ll ask for help posting those later . the baler was a learning process even with out riggers , had to use Goldie for stability and wide front . sorry all my pictures are working pictures and not of actual show , I was so busy back and forth that I forgot to smell the roses but I’am sure other have them on my Fb page I need to down load Tony