Garage time this morning

I was able to dig a few tractors off the shelves this morning, not all, but a few. After getting them relocated to the back yard I felt ambitious enough to try polishing the '67 60 up a little. However when I got finished, I'm not certain if I polished the tractor or highlighted the rust.   I didn't think to take a picture of the 60 before I started polishing, so I took a picture of one of the 70's I have that was in the same condition as the 60.

Here's the 70:

And here is the 60 after polishing:

I have a new seat cushion for this tractor that I bought a few years ago. Luckily I did, as I see Hapco no longer has anymore. This is one of my tractors that I'm undecided on as far as keeping it original or adding it to the list of being restored someday. I'm also thinking about adding it to the Dover Show display, that is if I can get it running.  :lol:

Oh, and here is proof that I did actually get some tractors and dump carts down off of the shelves.   Pulled the lawn sweeper down also, however I don't have the basket installed yet. 

1974 70:

1973 70:

Two early 80 dump carts:

The 31 Sweeper:

And the upper shelf from which everything came from:

I can't wait to get everything unloaded, just so I can take a group picture! 

This morning I spent some time adding to the scrap pile , then decided to start working on my fenders an get the headlights reaimed since after the wreck I was looking at tree tops for owls. There right back to where they were before the wreck an a coat of black paint on the bare metal from where I ground the paint off to see where I was working the pry bar. It's good enough till I get the donor truck for the parts I need.

Did a little more polishing today while waiting for some paint to dry. I pulled the sweeper in the shade and went to work on it. This time, I remembered to take pictures before starting!  :lol:

Before:

After:

And coupled to the 60:

Pretty pleased with how nice the sweeper turned out. Even the basket cleaned up very well. For those who want to know, this sweeper was manufactured in April of 1975, and it's obvious that it hasn't been used very much throughout the years. Very happy with this purchase. 

backwoods said:

That turned out good do you ever take any of your attachment to shows or just keep them to your self an share them on the forums?

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If you look at my profile picture, you'll see that I took the 11 piece round fender collection to the Dover Show in 2011. Each tractor had one attachment, and some where coupled to dump carts as well. It took three trailer loads to get everything there, and then home again, and a lot of planning to make sure the trailer was loaded correctly for everything to fit just right, so there wouldn't be a fourth trip returning home. 

I like to see attachments on the tractors, and usually have them mounted if time allows me to prepare for a show. Sure the attachments take up more room when trying to load everything, but some of these attachments aren't always seen at every show, so getting them mounted and displayed is worth the extra effort. 

When deciding on attachments to mount, I try to pick an attachment for the year of the tractor that it was first introduced to the market. In other words, I won't mount the 20 Air Compressor to the '63 110, as the compressor wasn't introduced to the market until 1965.  Each show that I might attend will have different attachments each time. The '63 110 might have the mower deck mounted at one show, then the all yellow 36 snowthrower at another, and possibly the 42 6-way blade at yet another show. This keeps the display interesting and not so drab for the public viewing, especially for those people that attend shows frequently. They will start skipping over your display if they constantly see the same old display at every show. If you can, why not make it more interesting by changing things around? 

Finally spent a little time I the cave today and made the rubber foot matts and shifter matt for the 65 RF .

First took some time to copy the older matts on the 66 and 67 so I had both but only used the one for the older ones. 

Then traced on the rubber and cut them out as needed.

Finally glued them down lightly with contact cement as this tractor is unrestored. Should the mood strike me I wanted the option to be able to remove without destroying them.