Mr.Kelly Tribute Tractor C-161 Twin Restoration

[ebinmaine 77,340]

1 hour ago, TonyToro Jr. said:

Welp, didn’t pass the goal of March 4th.

 

No worries there.  Just keep pokin'  along.  

 

 

1 hour ago, TonyToro Jr. said:

But over the last 2 weeks got some stuff done

 

That's what counts!!

 

 

 

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

Well it’s been a while.

But over the past couple days did a few things,

Got the PTO all fully hooked up. 
But what’s not pictured is I got the air filter box and assembly all back togehter too.

[Pullstart 68,882]

Great work on this Tony!  I’m looking forward to seeing it complete!

[Brockport Bill 2,219]

like the pto black color --- i'm big fan of painting the pto pulley black rather than red -- makes for great look

[peter lena 9,764]

@ TONY TORO JR , often refer to the bare frame opportunity , for a 5/16 steel brake  line , inside of  frame rail , secured into the 90 deg  frame bend spot , eliminate , a long section of fuel hose break down , then barb or swage fittings , for start / end  of  fuel run with clear  fuel rated hose . personally  sta bil has eliminated any fuel hose break down debris , both filters are always clean / clear . love to eliminate a used to be chronic issue , pete 

[Handy Don 15,944]

On 4/28/2025 at 8:26 PM, TonyToro Jr. said:

Ain't it always the way--buy the assortment then use up two sizes and none of the rest!

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

Back at it!

Gave the hood one last fine sanding with 400 grit and painted the black with Rust Oluem Satin Black. 2 coats and she’s not perfect like @c-series don tractors but I think it turned out very good!

[c-series don 11,378]

@TonyToro Jr. I have been following along and I think you are doing an excellent job 👍🏻 Don’t forget, my brother has been an auto body technician for over thirty years. So I have a good and VERY CRITICAL advisor. Honestly if it were not for him, my tractors would not turn out the way they do!! Thank you for the compliment! 👍🏻

[Easton Rich 982]

It looks great! I’ve been following along since the beginning and I’m excited to see how it turns out! Good job!

[Handy Don 15,944]

4 hours ago, TonyToro Jr. said:

Boy, from this perspective it looks like a Marvel comic evil villain!

Nice work 😄

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

WE ARE SO CLOSE!!
Today got ALOT done.

Ran the wires for the front and rear lights and mounted and wired in the rear lights. Re hooked up the battery. Mounted the fenders. Painted the final heat shields and mounted those. Also tidied up around the tractor and flipped the tractor around and swept the floor underneath it s8hce there was a lot of junk and leaves.

 

FINAL 4 things to do

1. Paint the red in the hood

2. Put the decals on the tractor

3. Put on the grippy stuff for the floor boards

4. Put the seat on.

 

And that is it! The finish line is in sight!!

 

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

Not too much done today but finished up 1 thing I forgot to add to the list.

Put the mid attach o matic back together with the hardware and springs I got from Brian at K&B horses parts.

More parts hopefully coming in tommorow and definitely back at it Wednesday.

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

More done today.
Painted the seat bracket today.

Also got in the skateboard tape and seat in today.

And the best part is!

The holes line up perfectly in the universal seat with the wheelhorse seat springs! 

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

We are down the the final 3 things to do!

Here is the updated list.

FINAL 3 things to do

1. Paint the red in the hood

2. Put the decals on the tractor

3. Put on the grippy stuff for the floor boards.

 

Today I got the seat mounted. 
 

[kpinnc 17,154]

1 hour ago, TonyToro Jr. said:

We are down the the final 3 things to do!

 

Looks fantastic. Well done! 

Edited June 18, 2025 by kpinnc

[TonyToro Jr. 2,350]

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. 

[kpinnc 17,154]

9 minutes ago, TonyToro Jr. said:

Well I guess it’s been awhile since I last worked on this tractor. 

 

That paint is awesome! Tractor looks great! 

[WHX?? 55,000]

39 minutes ago, kpinnc said:

 

That paint is awesome! Tractor looks great! 

stay the course my man !