INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER FARMALL A TRACTOR

If you are acquainted with young boys you know the kind of toys they like.

Perhaps a tricycle or bicycle, or maybe Hot Wheels cars and trucks and the like.

Have you noticed as they grow up, their toys become larger and more expensive.

In Leesburg, Florida there is an International Harvester Tractor Museum.

Mr. Pacquette, the gentleman that owns it, has 150 restored Farmall Tractors.

Of course he had to build a very large building to house them and another building to fix and restore them and on and on it goes.

My husband had also been bitten by the tractor bug. He used to own a Farmall H and a Farmall C which he actually used on the farm. He was thrilled to see their counterparts at the museum. He sold them when he gave up farming.

But. . . he bought a Farmall A, (piece of junk) and restored it to look like the one in the picture. It starts by turning a hand crank in the front. He bought a belly-mower to put on it and uses it to cut grass.

I have to tell you he's never happier than when he's on his "A" mowing fields of grass. For some reason it's hard to get him to get on the riding mower and mow the grass around the house. His excuse is "the Wheelhorse is a lady's mower".

Now it doesn't stop there. He has restored an IH Cub with a mower, which sometimes he'll switch off and use. He also has a Ford N tractor which he uses for assorted purposes.

He also owned an International pickup truck which he restored but eventually sold. Of course he didn't get near what it cost to restore it. He said the fun was in finding the parts and watch it come together.

Do you remember, "Tim the Toolman Taylor", from the "Home Improvement" TV show? He used to like to restore cars. Well I have my own "Toolman".

So ladies remember as your husband gets older, his toys will get bigger and more expensive.

But here is a tip, try and keep a tally of what he spends. A woman could do a lot of shopping with an equal amount a money, don't you think?

Remember to turn your clocks back tonight. You deserve that extra hour of sleep.