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Day early but if I don't post it now I will forget to tomorrow. Added a Brinly hitch to Vince the 1257 and. Put the turning plow on.

Tomorrow, I'll see if I can get some pictures that show the massive scale of the event. Garden tractors are only a small segment. Acres and acres of swap meet vendors, antique tractors, hit and miss engines, food vendors, consignment barn...

Impressive. I'll take 2 of those please!

A little off topic, but I started this thread anyway

Added some liquid ballast and installed some new front wheel bearings on “Vince” the 1257. Installed some thrust bearings on front spindles also. Did improve ease of steering.

One question: Where's the 10 mm?

I started the remodel of our new ALiner Scout pop up camper today. Got to make sleeping quarters for the dog. The plan is to convert the cupboard under the sink into a crate for the dog. This will involve removing the sink, plumbing, and refrigerator, and rebuilding it into a dog crate. Basically, I will end up building a new front panel for the cupboard and give the inside of the cupboard a more complete finish. In all of the camping vehicles we have had over the years, we have never cooked inside any of them. We don't plan to start now. Demolition is done. Now we will start gathering materials to put it back together. Pictures to follow. Of course, this project produces another project. The refrigerator that came out of the ALiner is a 12 volt compressor type. We will reinstall that in our Coleman travel trailer in place of the 3 way refrigerator that is there. We have very unimpressed with the performance of that refrigerator. This will require cabinet work, propane piping work, and electrical work.

I use it and it stays tacky for a couple days but dries completely and seems to last. I've been tempted to wax over it to see what that does but haven't yet.

I've always wanted to show a before and after comparison with Penetrol. So I gave Dusty the B-80 the business. Before: After:

I did the hood of the B-80 a couple weeks ago just to see how it would go. Smeared it in evenly with a rag, let it set a while and rubbed off the excess. It’s not as shiny looking as yours looks in the pics, but made a huge improvement Now I gotta do a complete cleaning and treatment. It’s good stuff! No more dust catching oilings for me.

foam brush

Elegant work, gentlemen. Kudos.

@meadowfield heim joints on steering rod ends ? very durable , also screw on , also use specific chain / cable lube lube , stays with it , like MACS CHAIN / CABEL LUBE , LOCAL AUTO [PARTS ? or similar , its also a great , creeping rustproofing . think your MINDSET , is on display here , always a WHAT IF ? phase , love that , rooting for you , stay at it , pete

You have a gift of turning junk into workable and functional parts. I wish I had half your talent.

A day late but anyway 2. 520H’s and the C160-8.

This view smacked me in the face wheeling the creeper out from an oil change in the driveway. Not a horrible rear end view.

Not a directly behind pic but close enough for guberment work.

RIP Dolly, you were more than a star…

Latest update. My house is now gutted so the structure can be inspected. Needless to say it looks a little different inside...