No Rearview Mirror Needed

I have been in a serious slump as far as picture taking lately, but I found some time today to take advantage of an interesting sky.

You can’t pass up an interesting sky.

I actually headed down Roselle Rd. to see if a cool, possibly abandoned house with a windmill was still there. I mean, the house was certainly still there–it wasn’t that windy this week–but I was worried that the old windmill on the barn had blown down.

Sure enough, it had. The thing must have been there for 75 years, but within a week of discovering it, it gets blown down before I could take my picture.

Fortunately, on the way to this house I saw a tractor way out in a nice green field enjoying the sunshine and warmer January temperatures. On the way back, I stopped when I noticed a dirt road leading into the field and nobody around to bug me about trespassing.

So this beast is a Massy Ferguson 285, last produced in 1982 and selling for $24,500 at that time. As a model, the 285 had been in production since 1972.

This one has been sitting here for a spell. I don’t think it will run, but the key is in the ignition and you can get a shop manual online.

Have at it.