[AT] Farmall M grille

[rdhaskell at juno.com]

Looks good Dean.  Nice job.
 
Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California
USA
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On Sun, 8 Jul 2007 15:26:49 -0400 "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
writes:
> Patching the big hole at the bottom of the grille on my 1950 M 
> finally made
> it to the top of my to-do list, so I tried my hand at some sheet 
> metal work.
> The grille was missing the insert over where the cultivator lever 
> attaches,
> but the real problem was that the sheet metal below the insert 
> opening had
> been cut out somewhere along the way.  So I needed a patch before I 
> could
> put in a replacement insert.
> 
> Like a lot of jobs the hard part was actually getting around to 
> starting.
> Ace Hardware had some pieces of flat steel for a couple of bucks, so 
> I got
> one of them and cut it with a saber saw to about the right shape.  
> Bent it
> by hand, ground down the edges on a bench grinder, then had an auto 
> shop
> weld it onto the grille for me.  Some bondo, primer, and paint, and 
> I was
> done.  It's not completely accurate but it looks a hundred times 
> better than
> before and I'm happy with it.
> 
> Pictures at http://www.vinsonfarm.net/suburban_M.html, at the bottom 
> of the
> page.
> 
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net