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After 5 months of fighting this. surgery to remove 2 tumors, 7 weeks of radiation . After 6 weeks of chemo that almost killed me. I have been cleared of cancer. I want to thank my friends on here for the support. God bless you

Well as some of you might know I collect a ton of Wheel Horse tractors. But what ya may not know is I also have a huge collection of vintage WH paper work to go with my machines! I recently found a nice stash of vintage WH Brochures on Ebay and made a deal with the seller. Some eagle eyed Redsquare members probably saw them listed a couple of weeks ago, since they had 3 or 4 Watchers on the auctions. They ran one session and didn't sell and were quite pricey. After the auctions ended I contacted the seller to see if I could make a deal on them. He said he would relist them with a Buy It Now price and Make An Offer section as well. So I made him a couple of good offers and he accepted them both! They were the most I have ever paid for a couple of peices of paper but I figured they would go well with my other ultra rare WH paperwork! So with that said, take a look at these 2 rare as hens teeth Brochure's from 1955!! I figured Michael Martino probably has one like the RJ25 Brochure with the Prototype RJ25 on it,(check it out Vin!) since his book Straight From The Horse's Mouth has one on the front cover! I have never seen one like this before in all of my 28 years of hoarding WH stuff! I have never seen one like the Walk Away 2 wheeled Horse Brochure either! Both of these are in mint condition and looking great! I put this stuff along side of some of my other 1955 Brochures just for a photo op. The RJ25 Brochure matches nicely with the RS83 Brochure. What a find! Best scarf of the year so far! What do you guys think of this stuff? Click on the pics for a close up view. Thanks...Hammerhead

Looks like a 603 to me...Can anyone tell if there are any incorrect parts on it?

Well to clarify, the 603 Specials are made to be a cheaper priced economy tractor. The WH factory had a lot of older style parts sitting in their inventory so they were smart about it and put all different types of older parts in this particular machine. So they used up the old parts such as footrest's from as early as 1960/61 as noted by the early production straight shoe sole type of footrests that dropped down some for a boot heel to fit into and were only made for a short time before they switched to later shoe sole type that are angled outward like the 1961 WH's and didn't step down for the heel but were flat. There is a few 603's around that have the step down type and even more were sold with the flat shoe sole type. But once WH got rid of their older footrests which may not take long, they installed their new stirrup type of footrest's on the 603. They came out in 1962 and they used them for quite a few years. The hood stand on these machines were a 1964 Model year item but it was put on the late production Special Model 603 to start the new style. So the front axles, steering parts, front tires and rims were old style parts too. Some 603's have older style Suburban front rims with no holes in them for Wheel Weights like all the other 1964 WH's had. I had one 603 that I sold to a friend on this site, it has a old style 1950's and 60's tool box on it with no fenders mounted to it and the early step down shoe sole footrests too. It had a low Serial Number on it. The hood is also a 1964 style of hood. So you can virtually have a 603 with a lot of different combinations of parts. That is why I like them and have so many of them. They are all different from each other. As far as the hood goes, it didn't come with the indented part where the 2 inch square WH decal resides on one of my 603's pictured. That hood was repainted years ago by a WH dealer that repowered the tractor and placed the decals on there according to the original owner, a 90 year old woman who I got it from, a Miss Clara Bell Valentine! Seems she couldn't pull the original recoil starter anymore so they popped on a new electric start motor a 6 hp Tecumseh. So that 603 was converted to an electric start model and they spruced it up for her too. She kept the original motor as well! I left it as is to keep the story going in her memory. The new for 1964 hoods came with the decal there but just not indented anymore like the 1962 and 1963 hoods. The stripes that are on mine and Ken's new 603 are not correct, but they kind of look cool, mine is a double pinstripe. I think Ken's is a rubber piece of door trim from Napa or The Walmart. So I hope this clears up some of the questions on the 603. I am sure I don't know everything about the 603 so feel free to chime in. The 1045 was another inventory reducing machine that was produced late in the 1964 year and cleared out a lot of old fenders, tool box assemblies and square seats from the earlier Models. I have never heard the 1045's referred to as an Economy Tractor for a reduced price like the 603 was advertised to be. WH did it a few more times over their history and it worked out quite well for them financially. I thought most of this info was common knowledge to most WH collectors but maybe not. Nuff said...

Woo hoo! Here's to the 3k mark :D

I grabbed the 603 today. I left work early so I got it home by 2:30 this afternoon First thing I did was 86 the chrome side moldings and give it a bath. Tore the mower deck and homemade rear hitch off. Cleaned the tank, carb, new fuel lines and pulled the flywheel to clean the points. It runs and drives but it runs like any tired Techy I've ever had, dizzy, dazed and a little confused with some smoke but it does run which is more than I expected. I'm not sure what I'm going to do about an engine for this tractor... There is a spring missing on the throttle assembly on the flywheel side of the engine, anyone got a picture of that spring and where it goes?

The 62-series of serial numbers started in 1962. 1962 tractor serial numbers recorded so far range from 62-01104 to 62-21125 Your 702 serial 62-04216 lands in the 4th of 16 batches of 702's recorded so far and that batch ranges from 62-03298 to 62-05608 (I have added a zero to the 4-digit numbers so the database can handle them) The 1962 attachments used an A-series serial and range from A-01387 to A-26964 The 1963 attachments used an A-series serial and range from A-27183 to A-55713 They still had 62-Series decals left so continued to use them in 1963 on the tractors. The 1st were on a 1st of 4 batches of 953's and range from 62-00137 to 62-00928 The next 1963 tractor serials range from 62-20610 to 62-25718 and guess they ran out of them before serial 26210 which is next. The highest recored so far is 47957 for a 1963 tractor. In 1964 there were still A-series decals left so they were used on both the tractor and attachments now. The 1964 serials recorded so far start at A-50086 and run to A-75181. Next 1964 serial is 03301 and runs to 48689. Next are the 1054's that range 48732 to 49725 in the 3rd batch of 3 and the last for 1964 Next is a 1965 1054A with serial 49065 Now more 1054A's ranging from 49533 to 50366 in the 1st of 2 batches. These last 3 lines show a discrepancy. It appears the 1054's and 1054A's were built back to back and few owners know which model they have. This is from a small sample of approx. 4500 serial numbers. The number of units they built is staggering. Some of the recorded numbers I have could have been read wrong, hard to read and always the chance of a typo even with me. I think the way it happened was once they had enough parts to build x number of a model of tractor they issued a serial number for each in that batch. That batch then went into production. Later on they included the build date with the serial numbers in the batch. That's when you start to see the build dates in progressive order but the batches of serials are not progressive. They are progressive within the batch. Perhaps the serials were assigned to a batch before all the parts were available and when they did come in the build date was added. Garry

The part you circled in red is the CAM. It is nylon and yours appears to be worn some. The leak is from a seal behind that cam and some other hardware, as shown here. For more info, please contact me at my direct email... daveoman@windstream.net

Knew this was going to happen.all along. The tires look to be beyond booting but I bet you already knew that and have a new set on hold. Just promise one thing... no led lighting. I'll be watching, closer, if I can get a drone in your shop.

I agree... resto would be the best path... can't wait to see it all shiny and new!

I've been waiting to hear what your plans are on this one. This is going to be a real fun one to watch. With the old girl in your capable hands it will be done right that is a given. She's going to be one big sexy mama when yer done!

I'm gonna grab it today. I like the fact that it comes with the Wheel Horse rear plow, something I can have some fun with. For 100 bucks I can't go wrong, I think this one will get restored. Thanks for the lead Stevebo! Thanks for all the input guys, much appreciated!

1 Finish leaf cleanup 2 Measure front yard at new residence 3 Assemble dethatcher 4 Do 3 passes over the front yard with dethatcher 5 Purchase and spread Magi-cal (PH adjuster), new seeding fertilizer and seed/. 6 Another pass with dethtcher 7 Water water water 8 setup containers (no garden this year, just large planters on the deck 9 Figure out which blade on mower is at a different height and fix it. 10 Mow grass....

Well, I've talked about it and thought about it a lot, and inspired by some of bobs fantastic creations and a few others I finally got started. For those who are wondering what the hell I'm on about here's a few of my faves - there's a doe triple d there too built by Simon here in the UK. The idea of a 4x4 wheel horse attracts me as well as the fact I like big tractors and the oversize ags that go with them. I've a big pile of spares and a Raider 10 minus the engine that looks like a start point Here's the first prototype.... It's a bit weak on power and steering - as well as a few other obvious omissions . This actually let's me see how the transmissions sit. This is more what I'm thinking though.... So armed with two gearboxes, I started the measurements and plans....

Last fall I Acquired a 1955 RS-83. It is in terrible shape and has been sitting in a WH Dealership Storage Building for 30 years. After getting her Home and giving it a bath I discovered that the rims are in exceptionally bad shape as is the tires and there seems to be a lot of gaskets that need replacing as the tractor has been leaking and seeping oil all over, and the whole tractor looks like it pretty much needs some attention. After thinking it over for a couple months I have decided to give it the once over and give it a facelift. By the time I get the Tractor Mechanically in shape much of the Patina will be jacked with and how is the tractor going to look with new rubber and fixed up rims? With all things considered the best thing for this one in my opinion would be a Resto. More to come. ~Duke

Thanks for the link Martin. The pics will be a great help. No work on the 520 tomorrow though. Tomorrow is the PeeeAaa trout season opening day, so I will be baiting hooks for grandson(s).

Hammerhead...I want to thank you for taking the time to type all of that knowledge. I am more into the 1962's and I am just trying to get a handle on all that happened in that year. Actually, some of the things you said, help me with the 1962's. Again...thank you for typing all that. We need an emoticon that expresses appreciation.

Already looks a thousand times better Ken.

Rexman...you are right...a few years ago, the Big East was a huge, major conference in basketball. I wish I knew what was going on with all of these conference changes. The Big Ten will have 14 teams this coming year. Colorado in the Pac 12??? Nebraska in the Big 10?? The next thing that happens is we will have Appellation St. in the same division as Michigan. Watch out for rivalry weekend!!! Anyway...some of this tournament is about the conferences...I just thought it would be nice to know and look at it from a different angle.

I guess I am kinda lucky with the warmer weather now. Hope y'all are getting your gardens planned. Won't be long now.

hmmmmm still have 2 feet of snow on the ground but I plan on doing some gardening this year.

You guys are awesome... You all put a tear in my eyes. Thank you so much.

I've had great success with SOS pads, using water throughout the process. My hub caps were horrible and I only had a couple of minor scratches when I finished but I'm betting they were scratched before.

I am sorry but wen your 84 you do screw things up . If you don't believe me just wait . Myron

I've heard tell that employers now not only monitor social networking sites but forums also to find out exactly what their employees get up to 'in the firm's time'! Well done! Place wouldn't be the same without you. Andy

Green and red reminds me of Meccano rather than Lego.

I have 5 753s & a 603 they all start with 62-

Another one here still with all limbs n digits too

yeah i didn't like it either i disabled it... Guess what guys! I get to drop the transmission on that tractor again! Whoo Hooo! its still leaking... -Nate

Hi all been busy today putting a few panels on I went the extra mile and bought all new stainless bolts for it the decals have come today from mark and look absolutely fantastic more updates to come cheers James

Can't start anything until it finally decides to stop snowing and the ground unfreezes and dries out. But when it does, tomatoes, zucchini, onions, and eggplants are on my menu this year.

My children and their spouses all have iPhones and for the most part they love them. I on the otherhand have a Samsung Rugby Smart (Android Smartphone) which I absolutely hate. I am getting ready to purchase a new phone and still have not decided what I am going to get, but it will NOT be an iPhone nor a Samsung. I must have one that has a removeable/replaceable battery since Smartphones and iPhones, if using data, consume batteries like crazy, and I hate having the phone go dead while nowhere near a charger. So having said that, GOOD LUCK with the new iPhone. The Tapatalk app (ape) is my favorite, as it allows me easy access to RedSquare.

I think you want to name this horse - Morf...short for Morfidite. And do a "Dabble Check" on the rest of it.

By the way, John pass me the Brownies!

Well looks like Wisconsin made the next Round here is where we stand the rest plays today. ~Duke

Fantastic news Chris, I'm very happy for you and hope you continue to have good reports.

This is one restoration that i wanna watch , good luck with everything & i hope you dont find too much else wrong with her . Think you made the right choice Duke

I am an expert on these 603 Special's. I have about 5 of them. They were produced as an economy tractor and sold for a little cheaper than other WH's of that year, 1963.The steering wheel is correct and that is the only year they used that half moon steering wheel so it is pretty rare. The footrest's are correct also, they used up alot of old parts on this model tractor. They usually have the older style of footrests on them, but if they ran out of the old stock, they used these new stirrup style footrests. That big hitch on the back is not correct though, somebody home built that.The rare one year only choke and throttle levers are intact and they are hard to find usually. The seat spring is mounted backwards but can be switched around to be correct. Looks like the correct 6 hp Tecumseh engine. The mower deck is the right one but it could have a square deck on it too either one is ok on the 603. that plow looks like a very nice WH plow. Looks like a pretty descent 603 Special, so you better go get it before somebody drags it off. Good score on that one, hope you get it Ken...Here's a few of mine! KJ

Chris- That is the best news that I have heard in a very long time !!! Now get back to doing the things that you love to do !!! See you next month.

Foot rests are wrong Good looking Horse!

looks good Ken steering wheel is on wrong is all I see

Sorry guys!!

I think he forgot to tell you the tractor had some trans work done at one time both keys are factory I think a axle was changed out at one time

SHeesh I got all happy...I thought there was a new Wheel Horse dating site with only girls that have Wheel Horses.....disappointed is an understatement....

Ok guys i will take the audio from a kohler engine and replace it... it will be the sound track from now on... im not redoing my first video again that would be 5 times... I made the 1st person video i was talking about toady i will upload it and put the link here. Thanks, Nate

Once someone reports the music Steve, that video will be removed. I had a few walk around car vids that featured the DJ music playing in the background...Youtube pulled them down too. Yep...another reason I've taken all mine down.

Ditto.

Any update on the old horse just curious to see what was wrong.

I like the full camo but the logo gets lost I think. #2 would have to be my vote. Jim