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Thank you for your patience!

Picked up the 1054 at the auction this afternoon along with the 54" dozer/snow blade. Other attachments they sold separately. Got so busy with guys congratulations on the tractor did not hear what other items went for.... Told the owner I will send him a few photos when I get done fixing her up. His Uncle bought it new in 1964. PS it drives like a dream!!

Many thanks to Karl and his family for taking a minute to pose for a picture! THANK YOU for all you do!

The things you see after the show

@wallfish

Here's the item I was thinking of.

Or, perhaps a photo of a session of Congress after a joint!

Isn't that a rare photo of Congress in joint session?...

Fender pan back to one piece. More hammering, grinding and still need to make the mounts.

Do you mean to tell me that a won't run without gas!

I just bought a jug of the RuGLYDE and it worked very well installing and sealing new tires. The container said it can also be used on rubber to clean it as well as condition it. I also bought the little "mop" brush to apply the product to the tires...I'm operating just like the big tire shops now!

6-24-1966 Senate passes landmark auto safety bill On this day in 1966, the United States Senate votes 76-0 for the passage of what will become the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act. Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson the following September, the act created the nation’s first mandatory federal safety standards for motor vehicles. “For the first time in our history,” Johnson declared, “we can mount a truly comprehensive attack on the rising toll of death and destruction on the nation’s highways that last year alone claimed 50,000 lives….We can no longer tolerate such anarchy on wheels.” The Senate also passed an companion bill from the Johnson administration authorizing expenditures of some $465 million over three years for state and city traffic safety programs, including driver education and licensing, auto inspection, highway design, traffic control and enforcement of traffic laws. The House subsequently passed the legislation by another unanimous vote, and Johnson signed it into law on September 9, 1966. In its final form, the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act established an agency under the U.S. secretary of commerce that would set safety standards for all new motor vehicles beginning with the 1968 model year; that agency became the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) of the Department of Transportation. Among the first safety standards adopted by the agency were seat belts, windshield wipers, glare reduction on interior and exterior surfaces, padded visors and dashboards, recessed control knobs, outside mirrors, impact-absorbing steering columns, dual braking systems and standardized bumper heights

Not to hi-jack the thread here, but thanks for chiming in here guys about dealers out west. Really don't here much of dealers out that a way. Come to think of it I did know of one dealer out I think it was in Eastern Iowa.

Not sure of the name of the establishment or the exact location, but an old timer friend of mine bought a Wheel Horse back in the late 60s/early 70s brand new from a friend of his who was a dealer somewhere here in NW Oklahoma. Not sure but my 1277 may have came from same dealer...I do know it was bought brand new by a doctor who was a lifetime resident of our little town. From what I understand there were not near as many sold west of the Mississippi, and it does make them hard to find out here, but there were a few dealers out west.

There's been a dealer in Washington, MO as long as I can remember. And I'm pretty old.

It's all about whats in that "coffee" cup!

You can get new replacement; Never mind, Craig told you while I was typing.

Click, then scroll down in this link... You'll find Glens items are all top notch.

Yep, too bad... I think those attachments are what made the deal, as they all appear to be correct items to me.

The show hasn`t even started yet, today was just set up day. Wait until tomorrow.....

Kinda looks to me that all three of them are liking what they're seeing in the lobby. I need to go out there.

Worth is a ?? but they sell from $300 to $600 during the 8 or 9 years I have been watching the prices on them.

Just decided to do a warmer hobby. Snowmobiled for 40 years.I so bought a 856.My father bought a Wheel Horse in 1965 .I would mow and pick rocks every week's for many years.Now I'm going restore this tractor and enjoy this hobby with people. I'll start posting soon.Big John

Sheffield is "oop North" from me, a great industrial area in its heyday, sadly all the skills are slowly disappearing in our modern world. I think the 1054 was before they came to europe? I'm from the most southern part Wales, pretty much drive my tractor into the sea.

Good job.

Actually it's the way they look all the time..........test crash dummies......

Jk. if you want to check the charging system, use your voltmeter to check the battery voltage when the engine is not running. A good battery should read around 12.6 volts. A discharged battery would measure 10 to 11 volts. Now start the engine and at half to full throttle, the battery voltage should increase to 13.5 to 14.5 volts.

I don't recall, but it is not too expensicve. If you use a drill bit to join the old to the new line, it will help pull it through, since it will want to curl. Good luck, and welcome.

Glad you got to bring her home with you...but too bad they didn't sell them as a package deal

This was my first time attending this event , If you Love wheel horses make the trip! you will not be disappointed. The amount of wheel horses gathered in one place almost unbelievable. Lots of great people there . Got some good ( great!) deals from the vendors too you know who you are :). Thanks to all !

Even though the tractor was made in Indiana, more were sold in the east like OH, PA. Then they took a swing up to the New England states. When we were a dealer years ago we were told non were sold west of the Mississippi River wheather that's true or not I am not sure.

Humm... seems the Dino does look kinda perky huh?

Yes they were, after looking at the 1964 WH brochure that came with the tractor. Did get an extra hydraulic pump, and tire chains with the tractor. Only things to address are a missing right headlight lens, oddball tread design right front tire and the seat cushions. Other than that, all complete

Thanks! AMC Wish I could have got some of the other attachments, but oh well.... I love the way it drives/ steers in the yard. Had it setting by the "Box Store" rider I use for mowing now, the 1054 made it look like my granddaughter's toy tractor.... lol

VanSickle makes good paint...I used some of their Ford blue tractor and implement paint when I repainted my bucket truck...keep in mind this was a cheap/quick rattle can job but it turned out really good. I imagine if you buy all the stuff to do it "right" it would turn out super nice...two weeks after I painted my truck I had a limb get away from me, slid right down the boom and across top of the cab...not a scratch one it

I paid $300 for mine in April and it Is missing the lift lever. Easy enough to fab one up though.