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Early 1950's John Deere diecast pedal tractor and trailer. My dad played with it as a boy in the 50's and then it was handed down to me in the 80's.
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Nice! what is it you need solved? It's a 1952-1956 John Deere 60 worth at least $750 +trailer [my opinion!] and you need to call Dakotah Toys,order all of the parts it needs ,and restore it!
Is it worth it to get this restored? What would that do to the value?
Not a whole lot of difference,[with a good restore it could go over $1000,but surely you want to keep your fathers tractor!] if you like it this way leave , it's a good piece!Thanks for posting!
Not selling this, just curious. Thanks for the info my friend.
Good I woundn't either!
If I found this at a sale I would do a professional restoration on it. If it was handed down to me from my father I would leave as is.
That just me though,
I was thinking about that too. My father got it from his grandfather in the early fifties. We both got a lot of use out of it. I still have the scars to prove it.