Tony,
I have been real careful in keeping a hold of my tractors. Come real close to losing the Model B but it is safe now. These have all been around my entire life as they belonged to my grandfather. They are my "inheritance" in a way but most of all some of the last pieces of my grandfather that I can hold on to. The last time I drove the Model B was back in about '71 or '72. My grandpa's truck was stuck in a wash out on the farm so he put me up in the seat, told me to steer and push the gas while he got in the pickup. The Allis (no pics, sorry), I remember helping him with the rebuild a bit back in, oh, say '78. He'd already had both hips replaced but he would use his cane to drag parts across the ground that were too heavy to carry. The David Bradley, I don't believe I ever saw it run. It was always sitting back by a pile of scrap materials next to the barn, pretty much the area that I always played in. Yep, lot's of memories go with those tractors.
Paul,
As I just said, I never actually saw the Bradley run. Was always fascinated by it though, it's, well, it's just "sexy"
for lack of a better term. Seems like a darn useful item and I have many (probably not all) of the accessories to go with it. I have a harrow, plow, and disk attachments and you can already see the snow blade. I have already restored the Allis to running condition (I have a front loader for it as well as a plow and set of disks.) that's why it's out on my BIL's place so he can get some use out of it. He's one of the few people I would trust to take care of it for me as well so "win-win".
I'm planning on putting both the Deere and the Bradley back in to running condition. The Deere, I believe, won't take a whole lot to get running but there is a ton of fixing/cleaning/cosmetics that need to be done. The Bradley is anyone's guess as to what it'll take to roar again. Should be interesting.
-Ron