When Restorers hit the wall.

[Stuart Kirkham]

Originally Posted by George McKenzie

Another one that might work is Trading . Find out what he likes and get something that he might trade for. Alot of the old fellows don't need money but might like what you could trade him.

I recently stumbled across an old fella that had a farm full of scrap. Farming implements, trucks and machinery were piled up everywhere. He was reluctant to discuss the sale of any of the gear and all seemed hopeless

He then called me over to a medium sized header sitting under a tree. "Can you find me a front jockey wheel for one of these" he asked. We discussed the jockey wheel and I said I will keep an eye out for him as I stumble across lots of old farming equipment. From that point on, he was very accomodating and we began talking about military stuff.

I now had a 'foot in the door'