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Florida Flywheelers - Saturday February 28, 2026. Last day of the 2026 show. Rodney Burger , Vernon Perry and I had a great time this year. Talked with lots of folks from Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida and Indiana with Wheel Horses or good Wheel Horse memories and connections! Rodney’s Wheel Horse display was again the largest at the show!

Well I guess it’s been awhile since I last worked on this tractor. Over the summer me and my dad attempted to paint the hood. After the 4th try we kinda gave up. More wheelhorses came along but those projects are starting to get finished up. About a month ago my dad asked his friend who has a body shop if he would help paint the hood. We took it to him a few weeks ago and today we got the call that it was done. And WOW the hood turned out great. He even helped put the hood decals on! So finally we had a few things to do on it. Today we mounted the hood, and mounted all the heat shields. Tommorow we will put the latches on the hood and hopefully put the grippy tape on the floorboards.

Friday February 27, 2026 at Florida Flywheelers Show in Avon Park, Florida. More pictures from the show today! Met Art Fontanes today at Florida Flywheelers! Art was Senior Test Engineer for Toro at their Tampa Test Facility at the University of South Florida from 1987 to when he retired. Who knew Toro had a test facility in Tampa, Florida! Art had previously worked for Wheel Horse as a test facility engineer for two years at the South Bend, Indiana plant! In 1986 and 1987, before Toro bought Wheel Horse! Art is now retired from Toro. IMG_8689.mov IMG_8690.mov

I'd do some dye checking in the cylinder to see if there are any cracks. If no cracks, and all the parts fit and are useable, I'd grind the fracture face smooth to help preventing cracks to start there in the future.

Well be careful ther ... the SOB is color blind and his parts ...

I would check it before considering rebuild. If it's anything but standard I would seriously consider setting it aside before investing in a second rebuild. JMO.

Thanks for sharing!

Looks pretty good, Eric. A bit pricey, especially with the 4 way wedge. I'm not sure about the 2 way splitting. TSC or HF seams to be a better value. Add a 4 way from the jungle for reasonable $. My $.02

Great to finally have a day near 60 degrees. Had a few out for some fresh air. Cherry smoke smells great too. Smoked turkey sandwiches later.

Hey Lane, you better never commit a crime worse than having your finger in a pic shot as we could probably get your finger prints and DNA from this one! LOL Thanks for sharing with us!

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Man, I envy you fellers that are in them target rich areas. We just don't get that many opportunities around here, especially on any S/G models. I did get lucky the other day on the 520h and 312-8 and the assortment of equipment. really couldn't afford all of them, but they would not separate. I just couldn't pass on it since it was just a 45min drive to pick up.

Ok @Sparky on further review please tell us you didn't buy a whole gallon of paint just for that. Her car getting a makeover? Matching the new living room drapes? Want us to bring over some paint rollers?

I picked this up at one of the Wheel Horse Shows (I think ). Maybe I bought it from someone here?? Either way it caught my eye and came home with me thinking it would make a good wall hanger. That and I can’t afford the price that authentic WH signs bring. As you can tell it’s the back off of a bagger hood (bagger pic for reference). Still needs a second coat, and trying to decide if that lower wide stripe area should be “linen beige” .

@WHX?? What are you plans for it other than putting it in the living room and admiring it?

Since the 867 is done brought this one in. This is the mother of all originals. Only thing that wasn't was the cigar lighter & quickly replaced. Lift cable broke & fan screen gone that's it. Well la dee da. Needs a bath, a little degreaseing and the new to check list. Just can't believe how unmolested this thing is. Yes thats the orginal seat! The deck is super quiet so just clean that up & check over. I really lucked out on this one and you guys would rip yer shirts off i told ya what I paid. It may go in the living room when done I'll help her pack.

I call it the @Shynon special. He busted a lift cable at plow day and we had no spares. Lowell ain't exactly down the street. You shoulda seen what was on it.