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Last fall I ran across something on Kansas City CL I'd wanted for 50 years, after drooling over it for about a month, I decided to go buy it;
A 1953 40 Standard!
In the mid 1960's my folks bought a farm about 10 miles from home. The farm was on a dirt road & we kept some cattle there, so Dad went to the usual jd dealer looking for an 8N Ford to put a lead hitch on to pull behind the pickup to the new farm. They had two @ $750 & $850, also an MT jd for $150, he bought the MT, made a cart to run the front wheels into to tow. I spent a lot of hours & road miles on that MT & had an itch for an M or 40S. It now belongs to me:
& Chief & Dotties, of course!
After finding the 40, I found a Ford 5' front blade, made my own mounting brackets for it to clean the drive:
The blade will be painted green when the weather warms up this spring!


A 1953 40 Standard!
In the mid 1960's my folks bought a farm about 10 miles from home. The farm was on a dirt road & we kept some cattle there, so Dad went to the usual jd dealer looking for an 8N Ford to put a lead hitch on to pull behind the pickup to the new farm. They had two @ $750 & $850, also an MT jd for $150, he bought the MT, made a cart to run the front wheels into to tow. I spent a lot of hours & road miles on that MT & had an itch for an M or 40S. It now belongs to me:


& Chief & Dotties, of course!
After finding the 40, I found a Ford 5' front blade, made my own mounting brackets for it to clean the drive:





The blade will be painted green when the weather warms up this spring!