Got back a short while ago from delivering the Worthington tractor to his new owner, who may be the nicest man in America. Three generations of Lohnes knucklegearheads loaded in dad's truck and headed to RI with the tractor on dad's open trailer. Ever present, intrepid companion Tom had the middle seat with dad and I on the outsides.
I was actually nervous to even sell it to this guy as he came off as being just too nice. We've all done the CL thing enough to know that you run into weirdos and idiots a certain percentage of the time. This guy was willing to pay extra for me to deliver it to him, never came to see it, and asked very few questions (although the ad was pretty detailed). He just wanted it.
Turns out, I was just being the skeptical Yankee jerk that New Englanders are noted for being. I was 100% wrong. We got greeted with a hearty hand shake, huge smile, and a guy just so excited to have this tractor he was like a little kid. He literally said, "I have no idea what this thing is but I just WANT it!" He saw the YouTube video of me speeding up and down my street on it and that closed the deal.
My worries were put to rest when I glanced over and saw this:
Yep, this is the right guy. He loves the tractor and totally "gets" it. I'm pretty sure he'll be a member of the board before the night is through. He just finished the resto on this 1953 Ford Jubilee:
The Worthy is in really good hands. He's going to blow the whole thing apart and resto it, while keeping the snowplow. He promised Tom that when it's done we can go down and drive it.
It was great to have that tractor and it's something that Tom and I will have as a memory together for the rest of our days, but the money from its sale will fund the purchase of the 1966 C50 that I can really cruise with the boys.
In the life of the Worthy, I was an ER doctor. I got him Dead on Arrival, saved his life, got him on the road to recovery and passed him off to the specialists who can really finish the job.
Goobye fella. It was fun.
Brian
I was actually nervous to even sell it to this guy as he came off as being just too nice. We've all done the CL thing enough to know that you run into weirdos and idiots a certain percentage of the time. This guy was willing to pay extra for me to deliver it to him, never came to see it, and asked very few questions (although the ad was pretty detailed). He just wanted it.
Turns out, I was just being the skeptical Yankee jerk that New Englanders are noted for being. I was 100% wrong. We got greeted with a hearty hand shake, huge smile, and a guy just so excited to have this tractor he was like a little kid. He literally said, "I have no idea what this thing is but I just WANT it!" He saw the YouTube video of me speeding up and down my street on it and that closed the deal.
My worries were put to rest when I glanced over and saw this:
Yep, this is the right guy. He loves the tractor and totally "gets" it. I'm pretty sure he'll be a member of the board before the night is through. He just finished the resto on this 1953 Ford Jubilee:
The Worthy is in really good hands. He's going to blow the whole thing apart and resto it, while keeping the snowplow. He promised Tom that when it's done we can go down and drive it.
It was great to have that tractor and it's something that Tom and I will have as a memory together for the rest of our days, but the money from its sale will fund the purchase of the 1966 C50 that I can really cruise with the boys.
In the life of the Worthy, I was an ER doctor. I got him Dead on Arrival, saved his life, got him on the road to recovery and passed him off to the specialists who can really finish the job.
Goobye fella. It was fun.
Brian
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