Never thought my 502 would look big

[sorekiwi 761]

My 502 seems a lot bigger than my RJ, but this is ridiculous...

Some of you may have seen this 63 Lawn Ranger on ebay, well I'm now the lucky?? owner. Man this thing is tiny!

The motor is locked up, so was the transmission. Actually the transmission was interesting - I drained the water out, refilled it with a gallon of ATF and left the tractor in the bed of my truck - not tied down at all. I have a 40 mile trip each way to and from work so the little tractor rocked backward and forward for a couple of days as I drove down the road. This morning as I pulled up to a stop sign, there was a crash as it rolled into the back of the cab. Hey presto! it rolls around as free as a bird now!

Here's the pics comparing it to the 502, the green you see is not paint, its moss!

Here's a link to the album, surprisingly some of the decals are reasonably complete. I notice there arent any pictures of a 63 in the picture gallery so I should post some there too.

http://s270.photobucket.com/albums/jj112/S...0Lawn%20Ranger/

[DMESS 24]

Nice catch. The 62' and 63' Rangers aren't particularly common so it really is a good restoration piece.