ford 8830 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 as all the tractors i have ever wanted will be here in the next 10 mins i am need of a new hobby or collection any suggestions as i have no wish list left quite sad really. its a shame that the hobby as gone so far too quick :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 If you have fulfilled your tractor collection and intend to collect no more, then you have already started another, money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deere-est Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Money. Now, I'm no expert but as I understand it money is a very rare item. I'd have a look about and see what you can find. Or gold, gold's good. . . . . . and oil, although oil doesn't come in a special box, you can get dealer barrels though :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jdeere6910 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Oil is a good one, how about weapons of mass distruction, then you can get all the oil you want and save money and at least then Tony Blair would know where some WMD's were for once Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Hydrogen fuel cell, not strictly a hobby but if you can invent an economic design and mass produce it then sell it to car manufacturers, where it will appeal to the general public then you will become a very wealthy person, just remember I gave you the idea, and I will require a 10% commission for my services Or you could do what I do and waste your money on Subaru's and track days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 I shall take this opportunity to admit that I have just started a collection of vintage wristwatches, the analogue manual winding types. They must however be in fully working order and clean with the minimal amount of wear. I have been able to pick up some really nice cheap mens ones, mostly dating from the early 1960's through the 1970's and most have come on new leather straps. Most are sourced on the internet but car boot sales are a good source as well. Old watches in good working condition are becoming very collectable now and some are commanding quite high prices. Easy to store as they don't take up much room, just a lot of winding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Seriously Tim... No wind up ? You can tell a lot about a peron by their choice of wristwatch I always reckon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Seriously Tim... No wind up ? You can tell a lot about a peron by their choice of wristwatch I always reckon my decent ones a "guess" so you have no hope there marky :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 No Mark, no windup. My favourite make would be the good old British Timex watches, so many styles and variants and they still produce them, although battery driven, but even now they are very stylish, retro and very cheap to very expensive but on the whole pretty bombproof and reliable. It is very surprising what you can learn about something when you start collecting it and I'm fast learning the types and names to look out for, but of course, Rolex and certain Omega types require a mortgague facility so we won't go there quite yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 my decent ones a "guess" so you have no hope there marky :laugh: :laugh: 'Fossil' by any chance Sean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 no tim, the makes guess :laugh: :laugh: fossil is just me :laugh: :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Ferguson Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 Interesting stuff Tim... I've got an old 1980's timex somewhere.. I've had a lot of watches over the years and I've kept most of them.. I've got a tag which mrs f bought me about 20 years ago which is probably my favourite sill. I've also got 2 or 3 boss and Gucci watches which I also rate highly... All battery of course My daily wear is a Rolex... You just can't beat them in my opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerrabbit Posted October 22, 2011 Share Posted October 22, 2011 'Fossil' by any chance Sean? Sorry Sean, I thought you wanted us to guess what make you wear. The best Timex I ever had was the black dial military type with the luminous dots and hands with a red sweephand, I'm pretty sure I still have it somewhere uless my Mother threw it out many years ago without me knowing. Timex made this watch from 1967 to the late 1970's and also made a variant with a larger squarer case for the French market and had the name Kelton on the dial, this one is the rarest of the military style ones apparently. One had a date window with the numbers in red on a white backgroung, the other did not have the date. You can date most timex watches very accurately, below the 6 there are some numbers, the ones to the left of the 6 is the catalogue number, the ones on the right of the 6 is the month and the last two of these numbers is the year of manufacture. Timex also make watches with the name Carriage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ford 8830 Posted October 23, 2011 Author Share Posted October 23, 2011 collecting money thats not a bad idea guys but it always burns a whole in my pockets :D watches, too time consuming finally the collection is not complete just no more real wanted tractors from the past that i have used or liked. really turnred off to all the new stuff being churned out every 2 mins. last model will be the norscot mt865 as this is what i drive day to day. have bought a couple of corgi aviation jets lately, phantom and lightning from 74 sqn at wattisham. the real point to all this is are uh etc killing the hobby by flooding us with all the models..... i have lost all interest in the new hence thinking about other collection......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 theres still some i am looking for so the hobbys not totaly dead for me, as you can guess they are mf, 290, 690 698t stuff like that , will i be lucky ,well i can only hope, but do get what you mean about the current rush from uh ,so much out that i cant be bothered to buy it now, unless it really catchs my eye, but that does mean more money for filling the holes in my older collection Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catkom3 Posted October 23, 2011 Share Posted October 23, 2011 Well I only really collect model's i really like so my Holly Grail will be the Schuco Fendt Xylon,which might / might not get a little makeover ;) Regards Joe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve P Posted November 3, 2011 Share Posted November 3, 2011 Im jealous, i have a huge way to go and would have to spend a huge amount of money to "complete" my collection, i suppose it helps that i like all types of tractors from the late vintage era to the modern stuff, personally i think it is great that model firms are now providing a wider choise to collectors but i think they have a long way to go before everything has been accounted for, i know one can purchase a convertion or re-build of practically everything but most of these tend to be expensive and out of a lot of collectors price range. I will re-address this issue when i have a couple of Countys, Muir Hill 171, Roadless 120 a David Brown 996 "later model with the saftey cab!", Leyland 282 and say a late cabbed Nuffield 4/65 sitting on a shelf in my home, all 1/32 scale and cost less then 50 quid each... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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