i also have a video of the tractor being started the first time i dont know how to post the video. if some one could tell me or i could send it to someone to post for me, let me know.

You have a PM
I have to leave for a while, I can do it when I get back.

[This message has been edited by Jake_Dragon (edited 09-19-2007).]

quote Originally posted by Jake_Dragon: You have a PM I have to leave for a while, I can do it when I get back.

email sent

How big is the file, I never got it.

quote Originally posted by wriott: and here is the tractor completely done except for the decals, i wont be able to order them until october 1st due to the shop being closed. but everything else is done. all i can say is that im glad because i am extremely sick of sanding.... but it was alot of fun and now its time to look for another tractor to restore...

Fantastic job, Will...you should be proud of how it turned out. I imagine your great grandfather, and your grandfather would be.

Please post pics when you get all the decals on...I would very much like to see it.

quote Originally posted by litespd: Fantastic job, Will...you should be proud of how it turned out. I imagine your great grandfather, and your grandfather would be. Please post pics when you get all the decals on...I would very much like to see it.

will do

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quote Originally posted by Fiero STS: Check out these: http://www.fairfieldmint.co...info.html?type_id=24

AWSOME, just bought one... + for you.

update:

decals are ordered should have them in a couple of weeks.

and Little John and found a new job around the house....

Awesome job, I also want to see pictures of "Little John" with decals.

I was going to ask if he was going to be put back to work, but it looks like you answered my question before I asked it.

Brad

Little John actually looks...happy!

i have a family reunion comming up and i am going to be taking the tractor down to show everyone, as everyone im my family (moms side) has grown up around it. i cant wait for my grandma to see it. i think she will be happy.

She'll take one look at that thing the way it looks now, and be expecting to see your grandpa come walking around the corner---it looks that good. Heck, she may have to pinch herself to make sure she's awake. Awesome job!

thanks for all the great replies, i will be sure to post more pics when i get the decals. restoring this tractor has been fun but it has gotten addicting, i already have my next several projects lined up, the next one is along the same lines as this one. it is an Allis Chalmers C, my other greatgrand dad bought brand new and got passed down. my father has it now and has been trying to restore it for the last 12 years and hasnt touched it in 11 . after that is a Farmall BN and then an International TD6 crawler tractor. i think i might be going crazy... and not to mention i have to find a fiero so i can do my engine swap.....

look at what arrived today in the mail....

getting everything lined up in the right spot



and the finished product.....

That is nothing short of amazing. Great job! I wish I had half that talent.

here is a video of the tractor starting.... see if it works....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ahDolc2_NQc

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I have a 1942 Ford 2N that needs the same treatment. Feel free to swing by and pick it up any time, just don't paint it green

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1986 SE 350 V8

I like the maintenance sticker. I wonder how many owners ignore it but the tractors still seem to last forever.

a video of it idleing...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g0avEFMQWp0

Excellent job, Will! The decals just put the finishing touch on a VERY nice job of restoring "Little John". I imagine your family reunion is going to be extra special once you pull it out of the shed.

hope you don't mind the bump... I was wondering if any of the family got to play on the Deere during the holidays?

sorry i missed the post. no, no one got to see the tracor over the holidays. once the weather gets better ill be taking in down for everyone to see

I thought i might give this old thread a BUMP as i have some pics to load of it in action at one of our local plow days. Pics will be on later as i have to DL pip to this computer.

I will try to get some before and after pics of the 8n my brother took from the farm and restored. I have a 2n complete that has huge potential--if I ever get around to it. Need to get over to my sister's and take pics of the JD my brother in law has had for about 40-50 years--it was his father's. My brother in law is in his 70s. Starts by turning a big flywheel on the side.

Well Done!

quote Originally posted by wriott: sorry for the big jump in the following pics. i started to get the sheet metal back on and got so excited i forgot to take pics until i was done.

Whats the deal with the C1/C2?

quote Originally posted by RandomTask: Whats the deal with the C1/C2?

??? not following ???

quote Originally posted by wriott: ??? not following ???

The corvettes off to the right.

Ohhh i thought you were talking about the tractor..... they are my father inlaws. I forget what year those are, i have to see the whole car (he has about 20 of them in different stages of restoration). nothin tooo special about them just LOW miles <20,000

Tell him he should get off one of those C2's. . . if he seriously wants to get rid of one, I'd be interested

Yeah i dont thing he will ever get rid of anything. My wife says she cant even remember his selling anything. he still has the car that my wife totaled when she was like 17 or so...

VERY cool, Will! It's great to see that you're doing things with the tractor, rather than just having it sit in a shed somewhere!

quote Originally posted by litespd: VERY cool, Will! It's great to see that you're doing things with the tractor, rather than just having it sit in a shed somewhere!

Thanks, i feel that htese tractors are ment to be used and not collect dust on some barn rotting away

just thought i would add some more pics from another plow day this year....

Little John still doing what it does best....



the TD6 that is next on the list... not bad for being 100% origional (1948)





me and my father



then some pics of all the tractors lined up...