My advice would not be in the make or model, but in picking one that isn't going to be a project that is over your heads, being in the new-be/beginner category.
What I mean is, if you want to replace rod bearings, replace rod bearings and get as extensive as you want to get. But start out with a tractor that is all there, and atleast runs already (even if runs poorly).
Diagnostics is MUCH MUCH easier to do on a tractor that runs already. A tractor that is froze up, is going to be a very time consuming project, and may take years to complete. Don't get into a project that is going to take longer than this neighbor kid is going to be around. Get into a project that can be completed by the time this kid graduates as a senior. Not one over your heads, that ends up taking longer than you planned, and it sits in your garage as an un-completed project on the day you go to his high school graduation.
And not dogging the kid that is going to mechanic school and learning engine repair, and maybe learning to do stuff beyond your capabilities, but don't pick a project that is going to be over your head, in case you end up being the one completing it on your own. High school boy, 16?? He might have a new girlfriend next week, and not have time for tractors no more, about the time you get a tractor all torn down. If he helps you with it to the end, GREAT. But don't pick a project that is going to end up being project over your own head. Nothing against the boy, but you don't want to be sitting on a milk crate, holding the crankshaft in your hands, watching him get into his car with his senior prome date, and asking yourself (I thought you were going to help me put this back together??).
If he helps you start to finish, GREAT. But don't pick a project over your own head, in case he don't. He is a teenager after all.
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