[AT] My "realistic" old tractor plan

[charliehill]

David it sounds like a nice project and I won't pick it apart but it can't 
look totally stock without the Mack rear axle(s).

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Myers" <walking_tractor at yahoo.com>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 11:17 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] My "realistic" old tractor plan


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> --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Indiana Robinson <robinson46176 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Subject: [AT] My "realistic" old tractor plan
>
> Oh, so now we have to get real??  It is so much fun to fantasize about 
> winning the lottery, being in perfect health, having the perfect shop and 
> all the time in the world to play with our toys.  Ok, reality check.
> Now that my best buddy has his new wood furnace in the shop we are 
> planning on spending the winter working on LOTS of stuff.
> First is getting the Mack 'hotrod' B model fired up again.  We have put a 
> 1964 B cab on a 1972 GM Brigadier chassis with a 6-71 and 10 speed trans. 
> Also built a leaf over air-ride suspension on the back.  Before the 
> correct police get going, let me say that the Mack chassis and running 
> gear were TOTALLY gone, way to many years of rust to work with, the cab 
> was the only thing salvagable.  When done the truck will look stock but 
> have some fun features.  Designing and fabricating the exhaust right now, 
> mufflers are more of an art than science.  Oh, what we want is not 
> available on the market, so we build, and that's the fun of one of these 
> projects anyhow.
> Next (and at the same time) I'm working on my recently purchased SC Case 
> (slightly? stuck but fine sheetmetal), a Sears Handiman walking tractor, 
> Fairbanks engine, and a Getman Scoot-Crete.  I have way to many projects I 
> want to do, never enough time nor money to ever get them all done.  (Like 
> I'm any different from the rest of you <G>).
>
> David
> It's cold today.  Iffn we could have snow and 70 degrees winter would be 
> perfect.
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