wh5208speed 603 #1 Posted July 5, 2015 Finally got one....on the 4th of July!! My 11 yr old boy was rather excited!!Thad 21 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulC 341 #2 Posted July 5, 2015 Lucky guy u are!!! Awesome machine that looks to be in great shape Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
muz123 1,191 #3 Posted July 5, 2015 Great find!!!! I hope to get one someday... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JERSEYHAWG / Glenn 4,487 #4 Posted July 5, 2015 Thad, you struck gold. Looks clean as a whistle. How many hours on it please? Best of luck.Glenn Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stevebo-(Moderator) 8,059 #5 Posted July 5, 2015 They are starting to pop up.... Very nice !! How many hours? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh5208speed 603 #6 Posted July 5, 2015 384 hours. Looks like number 143 of 200. The plate on the hood is missing, so it looks like I will need to get one made.Thad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 36,961 #7 Posted July 5, 2015 In really nice shape too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmsgaffer 2,043 #8 Posted July 5, 2015 Saw that one! Was really close by here. Looks great!As bad as I want one, i cant justify it if I cant use it... But im glad someone on here got it to take good care of! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC 1965 1,528 #9 Posted July 5, 2015 Wow !! Great lookin tractor. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rmaynard 14,950 #10 Posted July 5, 2015 Very nice find. Looks like it's been used gently but taken care of pretty well. A little TLC and it will look like new. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shallowwatersailor 3,213 #11 Posted July 5, 2015 Sweet!!! Those are really nice looking. This one looks "gently" used. Enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WNYPCRepair 1,875 #12 Posted July 5, 2015 Nice, very clean Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Horse46 515 #13 Posted July 5, 2015 I appreciate its rarity and it being all shiny an stuff, but it does nothing for for me! If we all liked the same thing.......Still you are proper lucky getting a new Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
608KEB 794 #14 Posted July 5, 2015 It looks nice!!! Thanks for sharing with us!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jrblanke 840 #15 Posted July 6, 2015 Congrats Thad! You have been wrangling some nice ones lately! I enjoyed seeing those low hour 520s at the show this past June! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh5208speed 603 #16 Posted July 7, 2015 (edited) Congrats Thad! You have been wrangling some nice ones lately! I enjoyed seeing those low hour 520s at the show this past June! What is hard to believe is those low hour 520's and this 420 LSE wasn't 2 miles apart! I am going to have to hang around Cincinnati area a little more....can't risk those Kentuckians or Hoosiers coming across boarders and sniping our horses Thad (Ohio) Edited July 7, 2015 by wh5208speed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bmsgaffer 2,043 #17 Posted July 7, 2015 Ha, yea there have been some sweet ones popping up around here... Of course when I am out of storage space! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tankman 3,515 #18 Posted July 7, 2015 Very nice Horse! Just a little this 'n that, ready for the show! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken B 3,116 #19 Posted July 7, 2015 Welcome to the club! It looks as though she has been well taken care of. It looks as though you are missing a chrome deck wheel, I'm missing one as well! Get some conditioner on that seat.... What are your plans for it? I'd love to cut some grass with mine but I won't work it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PaulC 341 #20 Posted July 7, 2015 Thad now that ive saw the pictures on my big computer screen that baby is even nicer then I thought. Then I thought about it and saw the other posts that your the guy that scored those super nice 520's too!! You sure have been lucky lately and I must say im very curious as to what your paying for machines like this but I completely understand if you don't want to disclose that info. I think its great your able to find such nice original machines I haven't saw many like that around my parts the few years ive been into this and the few that have came up have had really steep asking prices.Myself like many more hope to score a 420LSE one day and I do think I would work it some but maybe that's easy to say without owning one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh5208speed 603 #21 Posted July 8, 2015 Welcome to the club! It looks as though she has been well taken care of. It looks as though you are missing a chrome deck wheel, I'm missing one as well! Get some conditioner on that seat.... What are your plans for it? I'd love to cut some grass with mine but I won't work it... Ken, I am a big fan of Lexol leather conditioner. In fact, it was the 1st thing I did to when I got it home. I think I am up to about 8 treatments so far on the seat and steering wheel. That seat leather was dry.....each time I go back it is softer and softer. I think am a couple of applications away from having it where it is got enough moisture back into the seat. As far as plans....I think I am just going to put my 5K watt generator on the front and let my kids ride it around from time to time.....maybe a couple of local parades. In fact, my 6 year old daughter and my 11 year son have about 3x the seat time on it versus me. In general, I am guessing I will put 5-10 hours on it a year. Enough to keep the fuel system working properly and enough to appreciate the extra work it will take to keep it in good shape. It may also pull around my 18 cubic foot dump cart.Thad (Ohio)Thad 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gwest_ca-(File Mod) 10,540 #22 Posted July 8, 2015 384 hours. Looks like number 143 of 200. The plate on the hood is missing, so it looks like I will need to get one made.Thad Is the 143 the serial number or is it numbered some other way?The only build date I've seen is 6140 - Tuesday May 20, 1986 which has to be closer to the end of the 1986 model production than the beginning.On December 05 1985 they were up to at least serial 61671 for 1986 models.It would have taken considerable time to gather up all that chrome and leather so maybe this batch was identified well before 1986 production started and the Julian build date was added when they could finally do it.Garry Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ken B 3,116 #23 Posted July 8, 2015 Just make sure the key doesn't get left on, the hrs. add up really fast when that happens... Do you have the factory 420 key chain? I make sure not to leave that in there when my tractor is unattended, just in case some joker comes along.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wh5208speed 603 #24 Posted July 8, 2015 Just make sure the key doesn't get left on, the hrs. add up really fast when that happens... Do you have the factory 420 key chain? I make sure not to leave that in there when my tractor is unattended, just in case some joker comes along.... It does have the Key fob. I try to keep all the keys out of my tractors for safety reasons with my 3 kids home for summer vacation Thad Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
