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Happy Father's Day to all you Dads...

Anyone seen a race like this before?

June 21, 1948 Columbia Records unveils the 33-1/3 rpm LP phonograph record, invented by Peter Carl Goldmark, allowing up to 20 minutes per side (available in 10 and 12-inch diameters) at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, NYC; over the next decade, its popularity and profitability push the 78 rpm record out of production.

I bought a seat covers with pockets.

Decided to shoot the final coat before the kids got up. Three gnats in the left side in almost a straight line- but I think there's enough paint to let the buffer fix it in a day or two. Either way I'm done painting this bleeping hood.

@Bill D has met us a couple times down there as well. He's definitely a "repeat offender"...

Sounds like a clandestine meeting where you were attempting to elude federal charges of transporting a LSE across State Lines. Great to know our fellow members will go out of their way to assist one another.

I can still see the smile on your face -- great to know you have already started the TLC -- was pleasure to meet you --- happy to know our delivery connection worked well for you and the LSE is now in a new home sleeping well - I enjoyed our chat that day -- Be well -- Bill

More to come on my newest addition. Picked it up last Saturday and have made decent progress so far. It's the one in the background.

Well…. @TonyToro Jr. and I bought another project! Lol From what I’ve gathered so far is this is a late 60’s or early 70’s Economy tractor that has been turned into a pulling tractor. I still have yet to run it but should fire off with some tlc. I was thinking about pulling it in our club but rules won’t allow it so…it will be a cool drive around or yard use tractor. I’m thinking about removing the rear tires and adding truck all terrain tires and change out the front tires as well. I’m also thinking about adding a hood. Section to the front. The rims and tires and wheel weights are for sale if anyone is interested. If anyone has some cool custom suggestions please send them my way.

It was me quite a few years ago. Those clowns just can't let it go because they have no other entertainment

Bring your gas in water bottles only to the guy with the BFH! Clearly marked gas cans will not be accepted! @WHX?? will be around with his LH screwdriver, metric crescent wrench and cracked UEI multimeter.

You mean we gotta drink old gas ?? ... again???

Bought this last week not running. Got it running at the show I was at. Thought about a clean up and flip. Then today... new drive belt, took off pump belt, oil change, transaxle service, basic wiring job so I had crank and on/off and charging. Threw a bucket of suds on it... stood back and went nope.... not for sale! LOL Tony @wallfish @Retired Wrencher @Sparky 20260620_142318.mp4

After loosing a battle with cancer our long time four legged member of the family passed away about eight years ago. My wife said no more pets! A few months later she heard about a couple of kittens that had been born under the Episcopal church and we went to see them. The kittens were about ten to twelve weeks old and had feral tendencies but the mother cat was very sweet. The next thing I heard my wife say was "we will take all three." The kittens will never be lap cats but they do love to be petted and are only shy around people they haven't gotten to know, it takes a couple of days or one feeding!

My cat Charlie is 17. He gets up a 4 am everyday and wants to head downstairs for a drink and his breakfast. We have a gate across the stairs so our young foxhound Faith doesn't come up the stairs and jump in our bed in the middle of the night. So now my body is trained to wake up around 4AM. We have a motion light on top of the stairs. Charlie turns it on and I get up. If he doesn't get up I lay there and wait for the light to come on. At 5AM the light comes on. Today it was 5:01 Faith is waiting on the stairs landing wanting to go out. So I got to "sleep in"

I'm not sure I could honestly say I've never drooled on a tractor.

Our county has a feral program where they trap them, spay and neuter them, get their immunizations up, and adopt them out for free to farms and anyone who will take them. They notch one ear so they are easily identified if they return to the wild later. We adopted three and they were intended to be barn cats. Clearly these people never met my wife... And these little turds can tell time too. Here they are waiting for dinner...

Since my previous post I opened up the transfer case of my 1954 M37 and discovered that my wallet would be going on a diet. The good news was that there was absolutely no discernable wear whatsoever on any of the parts, which isn't surprising given that the odometer reads just over 8,000 miles. The bad news was that there was a layer of water under the oil, and the resulting moisture/humidity caused shallow rust pitting on many of the bearing surfaces and on some gear teeth. There was also rust on the seal contact surfaces of the companion flanges. I'm on the obsessive side about getting things right, so I decided to replace every part that had ANY pitting at all even if it was just minor pitting. If the pitting was visible, the part is being replaced with new or NOS parts. Here are most of the old parts that I'm replacing: Below are the transfer case parts that I'll be using, clean as a whistle and ready for reassembly. I only ordered one used part, and it turns out that they sent an NOS part after all, so I was happy about that. The replacement bearings are all high-quality, well-known Japanese brands. Below is the case after multiple degreasing, scrubbing, and pressure-washing cycles, followed by masking, priming, and painting. I try to make a point of keeping paint off mating surfaces and out of threaded holes. I either cover the holes or place temporary bolts in them to keep the paint out. I always check threaded holes for cleanliness before assembly, and if for some reason I managed to get some paint in a hole, I chase the threads, clean the hole with solvent, and blow it out with compressed air. I'll be paying close attention to getting proper preload on all of the tapered roller bearing sets, which can sometimes be a bit tedious, as it may require several shim adjustments to get the preload just right per the manual. That reminds me that I need to order a few extra shims tomorrow. It's interesting to see the variety of ways that NOS parts have been packaged. Below is a replacement companion flange, which appears that it might have been packaged in 1963. The ridge on the metal lid didn't quite fit my can openers, so I just cut the cardboard to get it open. It's kind of like unwrapping a Christmas present, except that I'm the one paying for it. The brown stuff is just cosmoline that was sprayed on. There wasn't a speck of rust on it after decades in storage. Thle other NOS parts I ordered for the transfer case were equally rust free. I need to wait a few days for the paint on the case to cure thoroughly before doing any assembly work, so on to other tasks. I still need to finish reassembling my 522xi.

Well I decided to get down early this year and spend a few days enjoying the sites in Gettysburg. I had no traffic and no issues getting here. I am staying in Gettysburg campground the next few nights. Safe travels everyone!

Saw this on Amazon:

I hear ya and have some issues myself but we still do'em right on the ground. Send youngbuck @Pullstart to do the stuff that's too low! LOL

So many rules

No way, Thursday is for bargain hunting, BSing and catching up with old friends. There will be so much going on that you would be hard pressed to get people to stand still for two seconds.

Wait 'till you get to the BS...

He baited us ....

The reason that pic turned out so well is only half of me is showing!

This thing is beautiful. Such nice work. I’d love to see it up close in person, but I’d probably accidentally drool on it.

PLEASE feel free to list the actual parts and roughly labor / time spent on this LSE @Bill D and @Brockport Bill for transportation. Please give credit where credit is due. Without you both this would not have been possible. Can't thank you guys enough.

@WHX?? with a sharpie

Great addition. Envious of that sweet score.

The Wife had us on Mulch Duty today.

They're like puppies. If you don't want one you'd better not stop to look at them...

Glad to see it getting the love and attention it deserves and glad to have had a part in rescuing it! I can't wait to see all the rehab photos and the finished product.

Didn't think it would take a melding of the minds to get it running. Might tho messed with it abit today and got a puff out of it once or twice but that's it. 'Sides my mechanic is off duty gettin his own crap ready and now he wants father's day off for some kind of rouel. Tell ya can't find good help.

I have this rack on the back of my Raider, I cut it down so it's the same width of the tractor.

This is waaaaay to wide. But if it was cut down to be the same width as the tractor . This is Tony @Docwheelhorse at a show a couple years ago with the platform thingy mounted on his tractor hauling back an oil can score

Teach him with the throw away, give him one that will last once he catches on!

I forgot about that story!

I think it would look better with a hood too

My wife found these 2 little orange blobs. They look bigger in the pic but would fit into a shirt pocket. She nurtured them to health with feedings every 2 hours for about a week or 2. Lot of commitment to do that. They're now my daughter's cats and doing very well. They're very sociable to people as that's all they really know.

Another pic of Charlie in his kitty apartment. He doesn't go in it as much anymore as Faith likes to trap him in it!

It’s not a garden tractor, it has 31” tires and no hood. with some changes it could go into outlaw class but would need extensive engine work or re-power.

We got pictures...

I am a cat lover, maybe more than humans, as we have 5 of them. 3 out of the 5 were strays from outside, and turned out to be the best and most appreciative ones we have. The other 2, one is 19 years old on his way out, the other was the kitten of our stray cat. But we love them as our kids. Each one has a story.

Please put my name on it. Thanks

Like the name! 😁

Love hearing how your dealing with these kittens. Have a soft spot for cats even since the first one came to live here maybe 18 years ago. He was the “family cat” but he became my cat and followed me everywhere. He passed 2 years ago at the age of 16 but it gave me a new appreciation for cats. Our current cat “Bill” is about 8 years old and he’s been awesome!

First time for me too, which is kinda crazy because i only live 26 miles from there, and i've always had at least one Wheel Horse since the late 80's early 90's, but never anything newer than 1969, because i like'm that way. I heard about the big show maybe 15 years ago and it had always already passed when i'd remember about it, which was usually when the tie rod would fall off while mowing with the 401, AGAIN. i've probably used a pound of weld wire to keep making the hole small again. But i'm not missing it this year.