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And heres the 4th machine. The idea is to show how little the design of the Gem changed over the years by having an example from the 1940's, 1960's and 1980's.

3 out of my 4 machines ready for this show.

Yes. I talked to one gentleman about this and he said it would cost around $3,000. 00 to make the mold and produce them. A little pricey for me.

That'll have to come once I've done one, 20 year gaps will have to do for the next year or two.

What about the 70s Gareth ?

That is one cool looking early Ride a Matic. i read somewhere there is a fellow up in Canada who was frabicating belt guards for RAMs but which year I do not know. Again GTT could help.

Don't speak to soon. It's not back on and tested yet. Hope it's OK though.

It's always the same, you leave a couple of gems together and they breed, lol.

I like the little fellow at the end. Hope you do well.

I'm assuming your in the USA from your photo's. You would maybe get a better idea of the value, if you asked on Red Square our sister site. That's mainly USA oriented.

I think I'd be making one myself. Have a look at Alans thread on Half a Horse. May give you ideas on how to go about it.

I would get other estimates, I could see 300.00, but nowhere neat 3,000

B7200 at the sale today, too many people watching for me have taken the engine out Cub Cadet 108 also, no reserve, started at £20.00 gear drive, looked to have disc turning brakes fitted. Only 2 bidders.

There's one for sale up by me. But isn't $700 a bit over priced? it can always ship to OK fairly inexpensive using Fastenal.

That is why I like it so much. No other Bolens featured this wonderfully modern and futuristic Brooke Stevens design. To me it is a work of beauty in its design and functionality. I will get one and will be "chuffed" beyond belief.

As mutch as I love bolens. This one is quite ugly I remember that one at Johns

Alain, when I bought this RAM in October 2014 I did well not buying any tractors for a while however since then would you believe I have bought another 20 tractors. She is less than impressed so I am trying not to buy any more. The '62 RAM is a bit of a marmite tractor, BTW Marmite is a spread available in the UK and the company's marketing slogan is "Love it or hate it". I have two '62 RAM's and they are both in very poor condition, this one has been pulled apart and badly repainted before reassembly using most of the essential parts, the others presumably discarded. Also for no good reason a number of holes have been cut into the cast grill. So may even call it a restoration, the other tractor is a lot more honest. The '62 RAM is a good size for my son to use and as it is shiny, it has caught his eye. As such I want to get this one running and then do a running refurbishment over time. We are doing the work together so progress will be slow but hopefully we will both learn something along the way. In addition to adding the original hitch we are also looking to get the clutch/brake to work. We have identified the parts that are missing and are investigating how to make replacements. This is a picture of my other '62 RAM, which some may recognise as it came from John's collection. Affectionately this is known as "the dragster" due to the modified Land Rover back wheels Iain

Joseph, when your Dad is down in Devon, he can measure my RAM if that's any help? Thanks Andrew

The next job is to find a closing panel for the end of the chassis that's hard when we don't have the right size metal.

We had 4 of them last year at Newby hall, from this pic I took, I think one must have been unreliable