Let’s see your restored tractor!

[JustinW.73 224]

Wanted to see other people restorations. Always like to see the small details that were put in to make it different. Tell how long you’ve had it. How you got it. And 1 thing you changed when you restored it. And 1 or 2 pics of course. I’ll start. Here’s my 856. I got it earlier this year as a birthday present from my girlfriend. 1 of the many things I’ve changed is the color scheme. 

Edited October 5, 2020 by JustinW.73

[Herder 2,354]

I went and took a look around, couldn't find any here.   Your 856 is a work of art. 

[ebinmaine 63,089]

Tad bit of a lengthy post but it'll give some background to the newer folk on Redsquare.

 

Trina and I have done full frame off restorations on two tractors.

Right now we have four that run and drive and five current or future projects.

 

 

Her 657 is named Pony.

My 1974 c160 is Cinnamon Horse.

I'll include a video at the bottom that shows us in a parade at Owls Head Transportation Museum last summer.

 

We are both in our mid to late forties by the calendar but more like around five at heart. Back in school she was one of the rare females in shop class. VERY mechanically inclined and grew up in a family full of carpenters. 

 

SHE'S the one that does most of the disassembly. A fair amount of the reassembly. 99.9% of the painting .

I do all the wiring and some of the reassembly and of course all the research on this incredible site.

 

All three of the tractors we have painted so far have ended up with Navajo White Rust-Oleum 2X engine and wheels.

 

Changes on her tractor include several that were on purpose and one in particular that was not.

 

She changed the seat to an Old-Fashioned metal tractor seat.

Most of the tractor is painted Rust-Oleum 2X Poppy Red. Satin texture because the sheet metal was not in perfect condition and it's a lot more forgiving than a gloss paint.

She has AG bar tires on the rear and tri-ribs on the front . I went through and rebuilt her 3-speed transmission.

 

The thing we DIDN'T do on purpose is change the engine. When we went to restart it after the restoration was finished I had no spark so I tried to remove the flywheel and broke the crankshaft nub off the front. 

There's a 1979 B & S from a snowblower my grandfather bought new in it for now...

I've had all the parts to put it back to original for at least a year but we just haven't gotten around to doing it yet.

 

Cinnamon Horse has a few modifications as well. 

This one was built to be extra heavy duty and also physically heavy. Right now it's my main go-to tractor. 

I have larger than stock fluid filled tires at all four corners. 

Front tie rods were changed out from the stock size 5/8 rod with standard 3/8 tie rod ends. It now has 3/4 rod with 7/16 Heim joint ends. 

Hood ornament is a flying swan from a good friend of mine's old 1979 Kenworth w900. Lots of Pete trucks also used that same ornament.

Exhaust stack is a muffler built by Jim Kemp and topped off with a 21-in tall chrome pipe.

I have a trailer hitch that is bolted through a custom-made self fabricated plow bracket. The hitch has a 2-in square receiver.

The plow brackets move the mounting point of the plow forward roughly two inches and down about 1.25 inches. This was done to give extra clearance to the oversized front tires along with the angle pivot handle.

I am not the smallest fellow in the world so to give myself a little extra legroom I mounted the seat on 2-in square pieces of multi-hole steel stock. The seat is back a good strong two or three inches from stock.

Main paint color is Rust-Oleum 2X Cinnamon satin. 

 

Current projects are the Charger hydro and Colossus. There are threads on both of those where you can find all the info. 

 

Future projects are:

856 that will be a military tribute tractor with a Chrysler single cylinder engine. 

'68 Raider 10 6 speed to be built as a worker. 

1974 C160-8 with the rare Tecumseh engine. 

 

 

 

[Pullstart 59,653]

“Frank” was brought up just earlier... but it’s a custom I built for my wife over 2018/2019 winter.  It is a Charger 12 chassis, C-101 Engine and 753 Body.  I built numerous parts for this, including the toolbox and seat adapter, and the front “hanging weight” battery box too.  The rear hubs, wheels and tires re from a David Bradley walk behind.

 

We call Frank a 1073, according to the numerical patterns of Wheel Horse.  It’s my rendition of what a big block automatic round hood would have looked like in 1963.

 

 

[Pullstart 59,653]

Here’s an After shot, then Before.  This is Putt Putt.  Putt Putt is a 1962 502.  The frame was replaced with a ‘64 frame and front axle, the transmission is an 8 speed from a ‘78 C-101 and the engine along with a custom baffled Cherry Bomb stack is an 8 horse Kohler out of an air compressor.  I still call it a 1962, though only the sheet metal is as such.  The front weight is an aluminum housing my father in law brought home as a scrapped customer project figuring I could do something with it.  I filled it with concrete and it does a good job holding the front end down.

[Pullstart 59,653]

Hey @Tractorhead, does that deck above look familiar?

[echris 1,425]

I hate all of you people here. Ya know why?

I have this new fangled 1989 310-8 and I realize now, "I'VE BOUGHT THE WRONG ONE!"



EDIT: Guess I'll be build a barn soon.

Edited October 6, 2020 by echris
barn

[Tractorhead 8,609]

 

yap, @pullstart  it does..

 

 

 

[Sarthurs01 752]

[Greentored 3,201]

You folks have some dang nice lookin' machines, wow!

Here's three favorites before and after, although only one is a true restoration. 

520H got a full 'above the frame' resto and mild custom, including oil filter relocation and cooling mods, early decals including mid 60s style belt guard decal, LED lights, mild patina by sanding through the red down to a coat of red oxide, etc... I ended up selling it to fund a barn full of older models and sometimes regret it. She was a beast!

'Hoss' is a round fender custom was built from a pile of parts- C120 chassis, early long hood, 8 pinion 8 speed, early rear fenders, and a hopped up K321 with mild pulley swap incase I want to take a trail ride.

'Wheel'n Horse' is a well used and worn out 654 that had a junk engine, now a swapped out, hopped up 11hp OHV generator engine, adjustable wheelie bar, and pulley swapped- this one runs 28mph on GPS and is a blast to trail ride!

[Greentored 3,201]

17 hours ago, JustinW.73 said:

Wanted to see other people restorations. Always like to see the small details that were put in to make it different. Tell how long you’ve had it. How you got it. And 1 thing you changed when you restored it. And 1 or 2 pics of course. I’ll start. Here’s my 856. I got it earlier this year as a birthday present from my girlfriend. 1 of the many things I’ve changed is the color scheme. 

 

LOVE the black engine in there!!!!

[JustinW.73 224]

1 minute ago, Greentored said:

LOVE the black engine in there!!!!

Thanks!

[ebinmaine 63,089]

12 hours ago, echris said:

I hate all of you people here. Ya know why?

I have this new fangled 1989 310-8 and I realize now, "I'VE BOUGHT THE WRONG ONE!"



EDIT: Guess I'll be BUILD A BARN soon.

Now we know you're starting to understand....

 

You take a little jaunt up to Maine here and I'll fix you up with a parts pile that you can turn into a 60s or 70s tractor. 

[Pullstart 59,653]

2 hours ago, Greentored said:

You folks have some dang nice lookin' machines, wow!

Here's three favorites before and after, although only one is a true restoration. 

520H got a full 'above the frame' resto and mild custom, including oil filter relocation and cooling mods, early decals including mid 60s style belt guard decal, LED lights, mild patina by sanding through the red down to a coat of red oxide, etc... I ended up selling it to fund a barn full of older models and sometimes regret it. She was a beast!

'Hoss' is a round fender custom was built from a pile of parts- C120 chassis, early long hood, 8 pinion 8 speed, early rear fenders, and a hopped up K321 with mild pulley swap incase I want to take a trail ride.

'Wheel'n Horse' is a well used and worn out 654 that had a junk engine, now a swapped out, hopped up 11hp OHV generator engine, adjustable wheelie bar, and pulley swapped- this one runs 28mph on GPS and is a blast to trail ride!

 

Can’t really say if I like Hoss or Wheel’n Horse better.  Might as well bring ‘em both up to Uncle Jim’s for a test ride or ten!

[Greentored 3,201]

14 minutes ago, pullstart said:

 

Can’t really say if I like Hoss or Wheel’n Horse better.  Might as well bring ‘em both up to Uncle Jim’s for a test ride or ten!

Man, i'm out for the 24th...previous plans that I tried to get out of.  The fellas on MTF are holding one the following weekend and I got plans that cant be brken then as well.

We sure got a good screwin' this year with this covid BS. Lets hope 2021 is better, because i'll be draggin' horses all over the place!!!

[bottjernat1 2,189]

Well Here is my fully gutted motor and transmission rj58. Got it when i was a kid and i got it done in 2015. Slow progress. LOL She is super perdy! I dont get her out much. I have pushed snow 1 time to say i have! I also have a deck and plow. but the deck and plow need restored. 

[ebinmaine 63,089]

4 hours ago, Greentored said:

draggin' horses all over the place

You ought to take a ride up to Maine next September.

I can't promise you anything but a bad attitude and so so coffee, but the rest of the folks are fairly nice...

[Chris G 3,274]

Heres one of the many i brought back to life!

@ebinmaine i would have to disagree with your previous statement lol. The hospitality, attitudes and coffee were great when i came up!

[Greentored 3,201]

On 10/5/2020 at 9:38 PM, echris said:

I hate all of you people here. Ya know why?

I have this new fangled 1989 310-8 and I realize now, "I'VE BOUGHT THE WRONG ONE!"



EDIT: Guess I'll be build a barn soon.

Your predicament is EXACTLY what I went through earlier this year! Just HAD to have that big Onan twin, but the look of the 520 just isn't that classic Wheel Horse style. Once I realized what a Kohler single is capable of and that it can be made to sound good, it was 'game on', or should I say 'game over'?

This was my man cave/party spot in the back of the shop, and this is where the funds went when I sold the 520. This is only the parts and pieces, not the 6 runners.  You better hang on if you stick around here buddy, its gonna get wild!

[ebinmaine 63,089]

5 hours ago, Chris G said:

Heres one of the many i brought back to life!

@ebinmaine i would have to disagree with your previous statement lol. The hospitality, attitudes and coffee were great when i came up!

Love that rig man

[ebinmaine 63,089]

30 minutes ago, Greentored said:

Just HAD to have that **** twin

That's kind of the impetus for my big boy tractor

[Greentored 3,201]

21 minutes ago, ebinmaine said:

That's kind of the impetus for my big boy tractor

Cant beat the sound if nothing else!

I miss that sound.  One of these days I'll find another one and shoehorn it into an early small frame machine. The V twins sound so mean, but for me it's gonna have to be another opposed flatty......

[ebinmaine 63,089]

38 minutes ago, Greentored said:

Cant beat the sound if nothing else!

I miss that sound.  One of these days I'll find another one and shoehorn it into an early small frame machine. The V twins sound so mean, but for me it's gonna have to be another opposed flatty......

 

About halfway through  is where it sounds the best...

 

 

 

 

 

 

[bottjernat1 2,189]

Here is my rj running. I got her out a couple months ago to give my grand baby a ride! 

 

[The Tuul Crib 7,332]

Here's a shot of Junior before I sold it I do miss this one!