83-Year-Old Launches "New" Antique Equipment Dealership

83-Year-Old Launches "New" Antique Equipment Dealership TRACTORS Antiques 24-5-23 Gene Boley is 83 years old but he doesn't think that means he should just sit back and relax. Instead, Boley recently launched a new business selling "reconditioned" antique tractors. Opened just over a year ago, Boley's used tractor business is just now getting into full swing. He knows the business well since he owned other dealerships in the past. Allis-Chalmers tractors and equipment are Boley's favorite brand, but he trades in all makes of old tractors. All tractors are fully reconditioned and then given a new paint job. He sells to both farmers and to collectors. "A lot of farmers have big new tractors for most of their field work. They come to me for something smaller to use on lighter jobs," says Boley. He keeps two men busy reconditioning and painting tractors and equipment. All tractors come with a 3-day guarantee. If it isn't what Boley said it was, the buyer can bring it back and get a full refund. Boley's lot includes a number of popular Allis-Chalmers G tractors. He says AC built 30,000 of the small utility tractors. He has one with a serial number of 29,429, so it's near the end of the run. Boley says he plans to be in business for awhile. "I tell people God doesn't want me yet. And the Devil won't have me. So, I guess I'll be around for a while yet." Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Gene Boley, Illinois Route 40 at I-70, Browstown, Ill. 62418 (ph 618 283-2695).

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