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Jays308-8

Heres a little back story to my 1986 308-8 that I'm restoring.

In 1986, when I was 6 years old, my Grandfather bought this tractor brand new from Reardon Briggs Power Equipment in Pleasant Valley, NY. 

It's a fairly basic model with a 37" side discharge deck and a Kohler engine.

Shortly after he bought the mower, he passed away due to a heart attack. The mower was given to my father and we used it until this past July to mow our property. It's never let us down!

My father gave me the tractor because I wanted to restore it. Pictures will be coming soon. Stay tuned!

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Jays308-8

Unfortunately I lost all of my before photos because my phone decided to act up.

Here are some pieces that are headed to the glass beader.

The overall condition of the tractor wasn't bad, but I'd like it to look showroom new when I'm done.

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Glass beading completed and surface prep applied. I have some repairs to make as some cracking was seen during glass beading. Self etching primer is the next step.

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AMC RULES

Might be something in this past thread...

you'll find helpful here too.   :handgestures-thumbsup:

 

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Jays308-8
3 hours ago, AMC RULES said:

Might be something in this past thread...

you'll find helpful here too.   :handgestures-thumbsup:

Thanks!

I was planning on making a repair by welding a piece underneath the broken area for added strength.

 

Everything I glass beaded and prepped yesterday got 3 coats of Transtar self etching primer. I haven't made the metal repair yet, but wanted to protect the parts so they got sprayed.

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953 nut

:text-coolphotos:             Always love to hear a family connection with a :wh:. especially third generation.                                :handgestures-thumbupright:

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Jays308-8

I wish I could post more pics. I jeep getting blocked saying I can only upload a photo that's 1.1mb.

So far, none of my photos exceed this.

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SylvanLakeWH
1 hour ago, Jays308-8 said:

I wish I could post more pics. I jeep getting blocked saying I can only upload a photo that's 1.1mb.

So far, none of my photos exceed this.

 

:text-welcomeconfetti:

Become a "supporter" and post as many pics as you want!!!

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953 nut

The reason it is important to be a supporter is to help keep the website going; storage costs money and supporters pay for that rather than having a bunch of advertising junk. Just click on this link.

http://www.wheelhorseforum.com/store/category/1-redsquare-support/

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Jays308-8
1 hour ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

:text-welcomeconfetti:

Become a "supporter" and post as many pics as you want!!!

Sylvan Lake WH, as in Sylvan Lake Road in Beekman NY?

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Jays308-8

Ya know, until you guys said some thing about the lack of ads, I hadn't noticed. Now I see, and I must say, this site is nice for a lot of reasons, one being no annoying advertising!!!!

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SylvanLakeWH
11 hours ago, Jays308-8 said:

Sylvan Lake WH, as in Sylvan Lake Road in Beekman NY?

 

Nope - Michigan...

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Jays308-8
6 minutes ago, SylvanLakeWH said:

 

Nope - Michigan...

Okay. I was going to say this was freaky if you were in NY. I grew up on Sylvan Lake Road and fished Sylvan Lake for most of my life.

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