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Old 05-09-2004, 06:59 PM   #1
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A little piece of history

These are the feeler guages that came with my grandfather's first tractor, a 1947 W4, and they are still in the original envelope!! We went digging around the various garages on the farm and came up with , we believe, the complete original tool kit that came with grand dad's W4, including the "Lincoln lubricater".

BTW, the picture is pretty much actual size.


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Old 05-09-2004, 07:02 PM   #2
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nice find parts
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Old 05-09-2004, 07:03 PM   #3
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did all tractors come with them ??? mines a 1947 too
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Old 05-09-2004, 07:25 PM   #4
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Nice find parts man the big question do you still have grand dad's W4
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Old 05-09-2004, 07:30 PM   #5
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Nice find parts man the big question do you still have grand dad's W4
if l recall right yes he does is the the one you are doing up right you posted it way back right !
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Old 05-09-2004, 07:35 PM   #6
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JB, all of the IH tractors came with a tool set, not sure about other brands.

We don't have grand dad's W4, the 1 we are restoring is a 1950 that we bought from a tractor collecter buddy, we haven't been able to locate the original tractor.
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Old 05-09-2004, 08:02 PM   #7
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thts cool parts its neat wen u can carry dwn things like tht threw yer family i have some old tools n things my great grandppop n grandpop had
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Just think of the fond memories you'll have every time you look at those.


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