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I had been looking for one of these Fiat 124 Spiders for around 5 years. Found this '78 last Sept. After pics are around 400 hours labor later. Before After

They're not red but they sure are COOL ! We lease about 4 acres from another local trucking company to keep our loaded trailers and I peeked inside one of their out buildings today . There was a fella messin' around with one of their older Pete's so I walked over and struck up a conversation .

Found this right up the road. Had potted flowers displayed on it. Cold started w/ choke on 1st pull. Engine is 1979 Briggs. Trans is late 50's Borg T93 3 spd possibly from Studebaker or 2wd Willys wagon. Hood / grill is home made and done well. I actually drove this home. Put new muffler and belt on it. Good to go!

Here we go again....plow vs blower and weight vs chains. And it's only September. See my avatar … both of mine are ready, but it's been 4-5 years since I used the bower. The plow is quicker and works better in the wet sloppy stuff....and it's more fun. My go to snow remover. The rubber chains are the bomb.

Ok, round 5! I relocated the pump to under the fuel tank, put new fuel line on, new fuel cap/gauge, and checked fuel flow from the tank valve. Starts and purrs like a kitten. Gotta get my multimeter from Dad's and check the voltage going to it. Hope this will cure my woes! Gonna rain for the foreseeable future, so it may be a while before I get to try her out. Keep your fingers crossed🤞!

JD is great and everything but too expensive just because they’re green, and they aren’t red like Farmalls! Here are some pics of my ‘55 Famall 300

I like my WHs but my true passion is for the JD 2cylinder crawlers.My dad brought this one home in 1964 when I was 12.We went through it and I have been hooked on them ever since.This is my son Andrew on the 420c after I brought it back to VA from ME in 2008.It is still in the family.

Maybe not apples to apples but I plow anything I want with my little dynamo LR. It turned over 3 inches of packed snow on my street like nothing. I think weight and traction are the 2 biggies. I have a 100 pound weight box and ags and it never slips a tire. Pretty amazing and super fun to boot. Grand total of 6.5 HP and powers through anything Indy weather can give......ok maybe not the '78 blizzard but thats another level lol. Still plan to get the dang thing red though jeez

Weights and chains...lots of weights your run out of traction plowing long before power even with 8hp

Never owned a tractor. There is a c-81 I'm thinking of buying. Only need it for plowing my drive way. About 400 ft. An d steep. I'm concerned the 10hp. won't be strong enough. Any help would be appreciated.

I worked at a body shop from '88 - '98, in that time I redid a lot of square body GM's. 2 outer fenders, 2 inner fenders, 2 doors, 2 rockers, 2 cab corners, & 2 box sides. Some times a tail gate & some floor pans. It was almost like being in the movie "Ground Hog Day" I still like those old trucks though and it is still fairly reasonable to put new bodies on them.

This is how I occasionally wash the ice worms out of my truck... ya know, in my best efforts to keep it clean! This super duty had 35” tires, for reference. And don’t tell anyone I used to own one of those “F” word vehicles

@pullstart, Kevin that seems the worse about a GM the body falls off but the drivetrain just won't die. This other one is hiding out in a garage nearby as well, big block under hood and it could be available 🤔...

Attaboy Dell! Persistence pays off, you just need to be more stubborn than the tractor!

Yes , Casual Observer is correct . It's a Deere too . It was used by the Nova Scotia Highway department until it was retired. It was fitted with a sickle bar that was in such bad shape it wasn't worth saving . He also has this neat little ( 10-10 ) I think which has a rare 6 way blade . He's going through the dozer and will be selling it I believe ....Hmmmmm .....

Eric, I wouldn't recommend doing this unless you have a donor tractor with the 8 speed and all the linkage etc. sitting right there. There are a lot of parts and pieces and you will drive yourself crazy (you are almost there anyway ) making little bits and pieces. That being said and knowing you will do it anyway,

As long as you have some place to push the snow to there will be no problem plowing with an 8 or 10 HP . On the steepest portions of my driveway I can only plow going down hill, have to lift the plow on the return trip. Chains, wheel weights liquid filled tires and a weight box are all methods of improving traction for snow removal. I have used this 10 HP 1055 with a 42" blade for years and live on a mountain side. I plow about 300 feet of driveway with an elevation change of eighty feet. There are several threads on this site about liquid filled tires.

Yes. The hydro runs 1:1, The Manual has a way smaller engine pulley. At least 2:1 if I remember correct. Or you could leave it as is, and have a race horse...................

A C-81 should have an 8hp engine, unless it was changed by a previous owner. I would think that it would do well pushing snow. I would suggest adding weight to the back and also a set of tire chains.

Remind me not to buy any Fords..

Such clean sheet metal! I’ve had a couple square bodies... or what was left of them. That ‘82 long box was a beast of a plow truck! Had long tube headers and dual purple hornies dumping straight down at about the transfercase. A bungee cord was strung behind the seat to hold the doors closed! The blazer had zero body mounts intact. Once I figured that out, I finished the plow season with it, then parted/scrapped it out. I didn’t allow any passengers, not even my 2 year old or newborn (who both frequented the truck before I knew how bad it was)

Manual explains it all.

With skinny or small tires, I’ve found that pinching one side with a c clamp helps a ton. It will help you to keep one part of the bead in the center section of the rim, where it is a much smaller diameter and gives room to work the rest of the bead in. I’ve also clamped the tire into a vise and worked the wheel into the tire.

Been workin’ “Norman” a bit more lately. My father in-law lent me his dump trailer and I’ve been scouring CL any free moment I have to find more wood. Oh how I wish I had a woodlot, but I’m thankful for the people who don’t just chip up their fallen! This truck hauls the full trailer and full bed just beautifully.

You have to interrupt the flow of electricity flowing thru the primary winding of the coil to ground to make the magnetic field collapse in the coil to fire the secondary coil to create high voltage to spark the plug. See if you have 12V to the points. I have seen that little wire from the coil to the points crack in side the wire insulation. If you do, then check for 12V at the coil with your tester ground connection at your points to make sure your points are indeed grounded. If your still good, opening the points should create a spark.

Cut tall wet thick grass Friday night and Sunday with my C160 (I hate to do that but it had to be cut) so I wasn't able to display it at Field Day like I usually do so I just took my Sears and Allis Chalmers. There were actually very few garden tractors up there this year, but Saturday someone brought a beautiful 520H and GT14-they were gone Saturday evening when I went back so I didn't get any pictures. A lot of work went into those tractors-much attention to detail. I am wondering if the owner is a member here.

http://www.rubbertirechains.com/index.php

The John Deere 62, L and LA models were designed to be used on truck farms, small family farms and basically to do the same job as the Farmall Cubs were designed to do. The Cubs came a few years after the John Deere L series. I would love to have one of the Ls or LAs some day to compliment my two Farmall Cubs.

Same as the others... they're all John Deere model L tractors. the last one is an "unstyled L" They're small enough they fit in the back of a pickup truck.

I love tractors, no matter what the color! Thanks for posting them.

Bottom line they made a 12 no name 8 speed as well. You should look at the parts diagrams for it and the auto 1-0460 and 1-0465 and see how many different parts you will need...it will be a bunch

just so you know - it is 180 pounds...and awkward to handle...happy hernias.....

Here is another pic or 2 of the dozer blade to fit the B-80. You'll need the REQUIRED axle bracket too...( I have one)...

Hhmmmm..... Hehehe..... That sounds like it could be somewhat interesting. And it also has a low gear for when I want to do regular stuff. That's okay Mike. But thank you. I'll just get my honey to move it around. She's very strong. You know, sort of.

Snow Blower you will want more than 8 hp. also depends on how much snow you get and if it hangs around all winter or disappears between storms

I would suggest a snow blower. 400ft is a lot of snow to push back.

Welcome to RS. A c-81 would only be 8 hp not 10 if the engine was original. For plowing 8 hp or 10 is more than enough the issue is traction

For me...Navy 1970-1974. Welcome to Red Square

Right there's why I got the '79 C30 to haul wood for my elderly parents, (mulch gravel lumber ect) and it doesn't matter how hard I beat on it. The pic from CL that got me interested.

Top one is the high speed jet

I’m happy to report that it fired on the first turn of the key!!!

Thanks all. It's a blast to drive. Handles like a road legal go-cart. Edit: I just noticed spelling error in title. It's ok though as some wine was had during this restoration.

The acquisition between ABB & Baldor was agreed upon on 11/30/10. ABB was to buy all Baldor stock at a price of $63.50 per share. The acquisition was completed on 1/27/11. I remember this cause it was a pretty good pay day for me. Not only did I get paid out for the stock that I owned, I also was paid out for the stock options that I had & did not even purchased yet. . Reading up, I guess as of 2/27/18 ABB has made the decision to drop the Baldor name. I miss working for Baldor, they treated their employees well & had a good culture. ABB was also good to work for but they decided to get out of the generator market I the U.S. Now a new sign hangs out in front of our factory. I'm not always happy with our new owners, but as long as my pay checks clear I guess I'll stick around.

That GTO has McNamara Pontiac logo on the quarter panel. I used to deliver parts to them back in the late 80’s. Long gone now to development. Thanks for the pictures!

Here you go #15 .. .https://www.partstree.com/parts/toro/mowers-lawn-garden-tractor/73450-315-8-toro-315-8-garden-tractor-sn-220000001-220999999-2002/fender-seat-tail-light-and-reflector-assembly/

there is no tag on the seat pan. the Kohler is a K241S. the hood stripes are maroon. as far as pictures---this tractor is broken down to parade rest. also it has 22" instead of 23" rear tires. thanks for all the welcomes and replies. will send pics as i can. thanks.i am a Navy vet 1969-1975.

That's a toughy Carl.. let's ask our resident transmission and cup holder specialist @stevasaurus!

that is the original amp meter I know you said that you have 12 volts at the coil you can manually with your fingers snap open and close the points and see if you have spark with the plug out sitting on a good ground and do you have the coil wires on right pos. on pos. and points and condenser on neg Brian

Went plowing on Clyde! more of a write up in the plowing thread. It was a great hour turning soil...

Since the tractor show was postponed because of all the rain since last weekend, I took the step-son a little farther south down I-81 to Lexington VA, and a big car show here's some pics @PeacemakerJack, @Machineguy, @cschannuth (a ranger just for you), @pullstart, @ebinmaine @Achto and any other RS member enjoy, I'll try and make it to the rescheduled time for the Steam and Gas meet and share, Jeff.