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Saw this Cub Cadet on my travels today…

As I’ve always got so much time free and so many projects, the ideas as usual keep going round in my head. I’ve plans for quite a few designs and here is the next one that’s in design…. The little 400 is waiting for a hood and a paint job, in the meantime it might be getting an upgrade. hot on the heels of Ewan’s 704, I’ve a simpler idea to add 4 wheel drive to yet another Wheel Horse 😂 out comes the parts bucket, and the scrap pile is set to with an angle grinder, a welder and lathe! first stop a peerless transaxle diff with a sprocket added Then making a bearing carrier Shiny axle case Hub bearing and the start of the steering knuckle A finished swivel and UJ carrier, need to crack on with the other side!

Been some years since this has been built . I want to say 13-14 years ago @VinsRJ started this build . Every-time I walk past it in my garage it always amazes me the details on this machine .

Couple pics of the 1973 8 HP 4 speed we've been working on with its owner @Natejc_98 Should be ready for a test drive!

My 867 after a lengthy restoration.

If Cecil Pond saw that he would say the same thing he said when he saw my C-121 that I restored. “That tractor wasn’t that nice when it left the factory!” He said that with a smile which in turn made me smile for approximately two weeks straight 😁

Hmm... some serious lip snycing going on there. Dodge even used "The Little Old Lady from Pasadina" in their promotional ads. Good harmony there... And who can for get the string of "Beach Blanket" B movies? Eric von Zipper as the head of the motorcycle gang "The Ratz"....

July 20, 1963, Jan and Dean’s song “Surf City,” reaches the top of the U.S. pop charts. Its immortal opening lyric “Two girls for every boy!” was a claim that wasn’t actually supported by the facts, but it helped create a popular image of California as a paradise of sun and sand and endless summers. To anyone with just a passing familiarity with 1960s pop music, “Surf City” might easily be mistaken for a Beach Boys record, though in fact, the Beach Boys had yet to have a #1 of their own when Jan and Dean scored theirs on this day in 1963. Still, “Surf City” owes its existence directly to the Beach Boys and their resident genius Brian Wilson. High-school classmates Jan Berry and Dean Torrence earned a pair of minor hits while still in their teens, including one — “Baby Talk” (#10 1959)— that Beach Boy Mike Love would later credit as an inspiration for his group’s 1961 debut single, “Surfin’.” But by 1962, the direction of influence between the two groups had shifted. Jan and Dean’s doo-*** flavored sound was passing out of fashion, and when the duo met the Beach Boys while appearing on the same bill at a Los Angeles record hop, they heard the sound that would reinvigorate their career. They became good friends with the Beach Boys and with Brian Wilson in particular, and when they asked Wilson if they could record one of his songs, he declined to give Jan and Dean their first choice, the then-unrecorded “Surfin’ Safari,” but he did give them the instrumental track and opening line to “Surf City.” In a year that also saw the debut of the Annette Funicello-Frankie Avalon Beach Party movie franchise, “Surf City” became the first chart-topping surf song ever. Jan and Dean would go on to have four more significant surf hits in their career:: “Honolulu Lulu” (#11, 1963); “Drag City” (#10, 1963); “Dead Man’s Curve” (#8, 1964); and “The Little Old Lady (From Pasadena)” (#3, 1964).

This time im going to bondo it and @Vinylguy is helping me out with getting me a new one. Can’t thank you enough terry your a great guy.

We got enough done on it in order to take it for a test drive. We've been pecking away at it any time we could. My nephew Paul has been helping me with this one and apparently a little underwhelmed when it took off. The right rear tire is skidding when braking so we'll need to take a look in there and make some adjustments before full throttle in 3rd gear. And that Teccy engine has got to go.

That sensor works like a Manitowoc Ice Machine water level sensor. As long as water is touching both probes the board it's connected to senses water conductivity and knows there's enough water. When the level drops the conductivity stops and the board trips a relay that turns on the water supply. Probably 24 volts

Box just be pretty heavy! Nose looks sunk in to the ground!

still counts indoors…😁

I had to gussy up the 401 with a long overdue bath for today’s side shot Sunday.

My buddy Aaron hooked me up with a nice big battery and an inverter to run light duty shore power. It’ll go up in the nose, and maybe even have room for a winch to hook up. I’d love to be able to pull dead stuff in, rather than push it!

Well, that's basically the same plan here except for the hills. My death grip is fairly solid

Have a Great Day

You may want to install one of these. You know, safety first.

Hopefully that has a minimal amount of wiring! All it needs is some bullet proof glass!

Funny thing is is I’ve had the dash decal for awhile, I just never got the decal put on because 2 weeks after the tractor was done we moved houses. So now I’m just getting to it.

Sean! I’m a proud girl dad also, and it hasn’t ever slowed us down!

YES HE IS.

This new trailer has the rear spoiler. It covers the rear door by quite a few inches, and @Achto turned me on to the advantage of shedding water vs allowing it to run past the seal.

GT-1600 hauling wood out of the woods.

These little 420LSE models sure always have a way to find me.

Later determined to be excessive hot air emanating from the the occupants therein...

Yes sir, he’s learning to mow on this one. He absolutely loves it!

Just found this thread and realized I had this picture. This was pulling in the driveway after we made the trip to pick up the C160-8. My youngest son had to ride on the tractor down the driveway.

@Pullstart What about that 1970 Chevelle I spy in that guy’s barn?

I've been hanging my grease gun in a spot that's low on the wall and keep an old rag under it. Best compromise I guess. I’m having a good chuckle here at the inherent contradiction of wanting grease to penetrate once applied to a bearing or joint but NOT to seep out of the grease gun! Same applies to trying to constrain penetrant decanted into tiny bottles with needle nozzles or with threaded caps 😁

@squonk so you’re saying I need more Wisconsin in my water?

Nice

I use two 1/8" street ells as a universal joint on mine. I can get on some pretty tight zerks and still have a rigid pipe that helps to push it on the zerk.

Looks like a 67 era long frame with a engine not available on it. Engine has both a recoil and electric starter on it which I have never seen on a Kohler

I ordered a few hundred self tapping stainless screws to install the E-track. I think I have settled on the spacing for the floor pieces. I believe this spacing will work well for any sized GT I have, motorcycles or even a small car. I’ll run the full 16’ for these, starting as close to the back door as possible.

I trimmed the back edge of the floor rubber and trimmed and fastened the ramp rubber. The door closes and opens well!

I use 2 28oz tubes of HD adhesive, and the floor is glued in on bottom. I still need to cut the door opening and lay some metal over the side flaps. The back edge is still long. I may leave it a bit long, so any wet tires coming in won’t allow moisture at the edge. Let the door press seal it down, if you will. The e-track is 57 lbs and 5’ long. I figured it would work well to press the bubbles out, so I worked it front to rear a few times. I like the outcome.

Absolute game changer. I can no longer tolerate the heat and humidity. My workshop has AC.

Been waiting a while to get this combo paired up!

New to me 161 I picked up this week

I couldn’t help but take a few more “side shots.”

This roof is a translucent fiberglass, it’s so bright inside!

I didn’t get much of a cash deal like they said on the phone, but it’s mine!

FYI…I’m just over 6’ so don’t cheap out on the new improved cab

We put tubes in all the tires, new brake master cylinder, waiting for some new 1/4" brake line but we did make a temp line out of copper tubing I had laying around to check the wheel cylinders and brake operation. So far so good and need to adjust those brakes back from removing the drums. If the brakes work then it's time for a temp seat and take it for a test drive!. Hold my beer and watch this! LOL As suspected the cab is a little too small so it even crams me in there at only 5' 7". The cab will need to be lengthened about 8" front to back and the roof raised about 4 more inches higher. I'll try and get rid of that square "Pope mobile" look since it needs modifications anyway.

The trans was stuck and also had a large crack in cast pan. Probably from water in it freezing. The crack saved the gears from rusting bad since the water could just run out. Cleaned the rust off the gears and did a JB weld of the crack. It's been about a month since we (my nephew Paul has been helping me) got it running and shifting. This is a little above idle in 3rd gear so it looks like it will go pretty fast in 3rd.