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Had a pleasant surprise yesterday. Got a phone call around noon. A couple of friends, not seen for 3yrs, from my Land Rover days were up from the south coast on holiday. Could they call in and visit and any camp sites nearby. Needless to say the answer was yes and the could camp outside our home. A couple of hours later they arrived and set up camp. 1964 Series 3 ex-military Land Rover, fully kitted out as a camper and re-engine with a 2.5 200Tdi engine. All the work was done by themselves some years ago. They each year they run tours to the French and Italian Alps.

Amongst my WH's and old engines, one odd hobby of mine is collecting the old iron and brass electric table fans from the pre-30's era. Most of my local friends know this, and often show up with some tired out hulk. ..Today's out of nowhere surprise was this cute little thing.. and honestly I forgot they existed. It's a Trico vacuum fan. Intended for 20-30's era cars for defrosting the windshield. It was sold at your local gas station as a kit, (Which includes a fitting, where you drilled and tapped your intake manifold to fit the vacuum barb) and clamped to your steering column. A little oil on the shaft had it humming away.. My only vehicle is an '85 F150, with no air other then wing windows.. not even sliding back glass. (Which honestly I prefer). Always thought about one of the 12v car fans but they are just way too big for my tight cab. Clamped this up on the mirror post and it works great, hums along like a little turbine generator when idling. Conveniently slows down as you accelerate and kicks back up to speed once you stop again. Take this as my old inline 6 is really tired out, or a convenient wear-saving effect on the fan motor.. I don't mind either way Figured I'd share it, neat little piece. Seems to run smooth with very little wear in the bushings. I'm sure it'll probably last another hundred years.

This is, without a doubt, the funniest commercial I’ve seen for any product in a loooooooong time.

Last year almost to the day, I picked up Frank’s bones. Last night, we find a GT-1600 on CL in this same town and I recognize the driveway. It was 9:30pm when I showed Mrs. P the listing. “Call him!” She says. I called this morning, same gentleman. At least he knows that I’m serious with my word. Sounds like we’re taking a family trip tonight for my first Grey Hood and newest tractor! It runs when you give it fuel through the carb... so I’ll be looking into a full fuel system overhaul. Something doesn’t quite look right on the front axle, the tires have too much camber. I have a couple spare parts to help with that.

I didn't even know that this was an option!! I sure hope that my addiction never gets this bad.

Just to be clear Eric, I’ve never worked with 3/8” plate before, more have I married steel and wood in this manner. A lot of the jobs that come my way are because people ask me if I CAN do something, to which I answer yes. They don’t ask me if I’ve done it before! I gain confidence in small things, like tractors or golf carts. Then when it comes time for say roll cages or tables, I have the experience to understand the steps to take to find that finished product. The next few days of work is going to be fun stuff, seeing it all come together!

Cars with A/C Heck when i was young Heaters were an option. my frugal father would only spring for two options, radio and heater. My mother finally pushed him to get powerglide....

Yup. opening the vent window for the first time was the kiss of death for a quiet ride. Then opening the floor vent for the first time in the spring all the leaves and junk would blow in all over your feet and stink!

You guys are takng us back,,,,,,,,,,walking with gran pap in the evening,,,while he lit the gas street lamps...…….the milk box on the front porch,,,,,the ice wagon,,,,,,,,playing in the water when they would flush the hydrants......chores before school in the morning,,,,,, standing in class for the alegence as it played over the intercom,,,,,,, no shootings,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, night guys sleep safe,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

This is a crazy topic for mid July but...let’s humor the Dino! Kelli’s D moving the white stuff about 50-70’ with ease...just need a cab so that I can enjoy it a little more!

Remember the days of no A/C all the windows open and screen doors were not locked. A big old fan in a window to draw the cool air thru the house at night or sleeping on the screened porch.

Much better cause than needing money for drugs.

Hello from steamy Virginia.Like a lot of you, my wife and I are roasting in this heat.We both grew up in Va.She and I got to remembering about summers in our past.We both grew up in houses without AC.Our first house with central air came in 1987.The first family car with AC came the year before.I drove non AC trucks to work every day until 2008.My 36 year old daughter has a hard time believing the stories but they are true.We lived through the heat then but at our age now, give me AC.

We had two 26x12-12 tires filled with foam and they came out to weigh 198 pounds each. They are great for rear weight but you aren't going to remove them or install them without wheel studs or a jack.

This old RV trailer now stripped down to the frame is being repurposed to haul my Allis 720 to a few of the local show n shines. The fenders are from the hood of an old Toro.

Ops, I guess I must not go outside when it snows.

Take a look on the other side of your . If the right hand side foot rest has been hit and has moved inward it can catch on the clutch lever and cause it to hang up. Try moving the foot rest out a 1/4" or so to see if that helps.

Remember the kids car seat was thing hung over the front seat with a tray and a steering wheelTimes have changed.

Mowed our farm lanes today old school style. Farmall A with a Woods belly mower. Open operator platform. No canopy or sun umbrella. No AC, either. Worst thing was no power steering. I'll be using the brush hog on the IH 460 next time. I may be sentimental when it comes to old tractors, but I'm not mental. Give me power steering anyday with my bad shoulders! Cheers! Dave

@953 nut Today the young folk don't even know what vent windows are

Here's a video of the tractor parade taken by our wonderful friend.

There ought to a Goverment Grant to save homeless Wheel Horses.

Trying a re-take pic, but with Norman and a GT!

Turn up the volume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZnOipEu-YVc

Recently added to my collection!!!! Pretty happy about it. XMUX4518.MOV

Hey Josh, Our entire wedding party wore work boots... guys wore black and ladies wore tan

I ended up using 1/2 x 35. Then I had to make a wire belt stop, as the belt still wanted to rotate abit when disengaged. Working pretty well now:)

Anyone else remember when the WINDSHIELDS in cars ventilated by tilting out at the bottom back in the 30's and early 40's ? That was in addition to the side window vents. I guess I'm showing my age, or showing that we were poor and had to drive an older car. We have it good now. Jim

I drove our IH 4700 truck to Garden Tractor Daze in mid July. With the wing/vent windows open it was fairly comfortable in the truck, despite the hot temps. Floor vents like my old '70 Impala and my '67 Chev truck had were also great on hot days. AC still trumps simple air movement though.

Got my motion control lever rebuilt today... works like brand new. Nice to not have to mount up on the fly now.

Our family just had our family reunion yesterday on my fathers family farm of which there was no electric, so no fans and upstairs where he and his siblings slept there were no windows to open, no insulation in the walls or ceiling. My father has said many times he does not know how he could have survived it and now be 92, and in the winter it was just as cold as it had been hot. during the summer. They were farmers and my grand father worked in the coal mines of which he walked two and a half miles threw the woods to the mines each day. So they worked their butts off everyday hot or cold. So we have life pretty easy as compared to them. God bless air conditioning.

This is dragging my second buck ever home (also second buck of the day!) last November. I used Rylee’s Screamin’ Jimmy because it had the most weight and chains for traction in the field. I had to pull the big 8 across a couple fields

My first house in Florida had a window shaker in the master bedroom and paddle fans with high ceilings everywhere else. That was all I could afford at the time and didn't bother me too much. Now I know I wouldn't leave the bedroom if that was the only room with AC. When the auto manufacturers quit putting vent windows in cars and truck it change AC from a luxury to a necessity in the south.

Both first bends are done. I need to pick up some threaded rod or drill rod, and fill in the cracks!

Got my sickle bar belted up, needs a little tweaking, but I think I got er'....

And we now finally have a roller.

Yep I have a couple hand scythe and when we were young fellars we were taught to use them. We have electric on the property today for every ones campers, but none in the old farm house nor out buildings. And you bet those old timers new very well what hard work was and at the end of the day did not have a hot shower to relax with. Just a big tin tub in the middle of the kitchen floor of which the water was carried in in buckets from the pitcher pump next to the barn. So their hard work and dedication which has been instilled in us have made us better people with an appreciation for what we have.

I do remember my father having a 60s vintage Volkswagen squareback wagon back in the late 70s. Had no heater. He put a Coleman propane camping stove on the passengers floor and started it a few minutes before he left every morning.

Not so crazy, made me feel cooler just looking at all the snow pictures!

I know that my old 78 Ford trucks,and I still have all of them,the vent windows were a source of wind noise in the winter.Buddy of mine would smack if you opened one because it was so hard to seal it up again.

I’m looking for 46.4 degrees to call it bent!

Pop off the left rear tire and the spring is right there, totally accessible. You can kinda see it in my picture. I’m not a fan of “hardware store” springs as you end up with either to much or to little tension.

Here's Trina's contribution to the thread... note the tractor hood under the shop rag/cover? I'm about 75" to the top of my hat... How's this for a tall hood?

My daily driver is a 1985 Ford F150 which came from the dealer without a heater, AC, or radio. The blower motor blew air from the cowl onto the windshield, it was the only HVAC setting. It was also manual steer and manual brake, only option being 4wd and the overdrive gear. If people aren't shocked at the lack of radio/AC, just wait till you show them the lack of heater.. even my Model A had a heater.. (I often joke the paint might as well have been an option on that truck) Funny, EB and I were just having a chat about old cars and defrosters. I of course added heat when I put the old rig back on the road. But defrost has always been a trick.. just went out and found a 1920's vacuum defroster fan to use in the cab for some effect of airflow when stuck in summer traffic, and my wing windows are suddenly useless.. hahah. We also have an elderly post-and-beam house, really makes me marvel when I spend the occasional night somewhere else, with strong center AC in the whole house. Sure wouldn't mind that at all.. A common rephrase of "The Bad Ol' Days" Comes up pretty frequent at our antique snowmobile outings.. but that's another subject

https://www.americanindustrialtire.com/foamfilled.htm What about coating the inside of the tire with a thick layer of flex seal? That should keep it from getting flats https://www.flexsealproducts.com/product/flex-seal-liquid-rubberized-coating/

the unused blade where the coulter usually sits? normally these are used on bigger plows in combination with the coulter to roll under manure and stubble. on these little plows they dont do anything other than scratching the surface and cause a build up of stuff thats otherwise plowed under. my plow came with some sort of coulter replacement welded to the plow shear

Quite true. Heard of it many times. I "run warm" all year. I use my AC more than some. Mostly right when I get in the car after it's been sun baking all day but also, we both commute in/out of Portland daily. Asphalt is just hot. Just a few weeks ago Trina bought us an air conditioner for the house. The front room is nearly 12 x 40 plus an ell. Cools all very nicely. 14000 BTU. I've never had one that powerful before.

Well everyone we had a fantastic time at the show today. I'll try to get some more pictures downloaded but the service here is not very fast so it may not be until tomorrow. So impressive and amazing how many people are drawn to these little tractors. People at the campground looking at them. People in parking lots at the stores looking at them. Many people at the show. Trina was an absolute hit! When I told the people looking at the tractors who was the one who did much of the work, they were all that much more impressed. On our way back from the Truck And Tractor Show to the campground, we were in 2 lane traffic and a guy on my left beeped at me and we were yelling through the windows on our way down the road about how he has one of these Wheelhorses! Pictured below is what I think is an 854? That is owned by somebody who is tied to the museum somehow.

Campground we're staying is right on the rocky coast of the Atlantic. I'm making my boiled coffee and Listening to the big diesel engine of a lobster boat it goes by checking its traps this morning. Here's a shot of the campground as a whole.