davem1111 2,436 #1 Posted November 7 This was our first Wheel Horse, bought about 12 years ago. I love this tractor and am feeling pretty proud of how it looks. 1987 312-A, as far as I know, all original. I have a 42" SD Deck to restore to put on it, mule has already been repainted. All done with Rustoleum Regal Red rattle cans. I've been working on this a little at a time for about 2 months. Not as nice as I had hoped for, but I don't have the time to invest in all the paint stripping and glazing to make it all perfectly smooth. Tried some clear coat on top on the fender, and it bubbled so I gave up on that. Maybe I'll give it some wax to make it shinier. The hubcaps had some rust that I mostly got rid of. I still need to do some detailing on the tower tins and engine tins, but am not going to try to repaint those completely. Many thanks to @Vinylguy for the decals! 2 10 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kpinnc 19,043 #2 Posted November 8 2 hours ago, davem1111 said: This was our first Wheel Horse, bought about 12 years ago. I love this tractor and am feeling pretty proud of how it looks. Looks great! My first Wheel Horse has gone through almost every conceivable upgrade, and it will always be special. Yours should give many more years of service! 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,436 #3 Posted November 8 4 minutes ago, kpinnc said: Looks great! My first Wheel Horse has gone through almost every conceivable upgrade, and it will always be special. Yours should give many more years of service! Yeah, it looks better than it did when we bought it. My wife said "I think it looks too good to mow with now" ... and it probably won't do much mowing, unless it's the only one I keep when we downsize and move, which is quite possible. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lee1977 7,808 #4 Posted 21 hours ago The 312-A looks good, I have a couple of 312-8's that I repainted, didn't replace the decals. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
davem1111 2,436 #5 Posted 50 minutes ago 20 hours ago, Lee1977 said: The 312-A looks good, I have a couple of 312-8's that I repainted, didn't replace the decals. My original decals (if they hadn't been replaced already before I owned it) actually didn't look too bad, but the new ones really set it off. Worth every penny, in my opinion. I have a new custom set of the "Patriotic" ones for my GT-1848, when I get around to repainting that one. Probably have to wait until spring when it warms up again, unless I get a bullet heater for the garage (which I want to do but had forgotten about ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
