Adam, that is one sharp machine! :beerchug:

Yup, That's a beauty!!

I love it! It looks a lot like my 148R is going to look. I'm going for the 1066 look. I really like the grill on yours. How did you do that?

The grill is made of 3/8"x 5/8" and 5/16"x1/2" steel. I machined notches in the pieces so that they interlocked like puzzle pieces and then I welded and ground all of the joints. It is mounted through the spring clip holes with studs made from #10 flat head cap screws welded to 3/16" plates.

Great job Adam!:beer2:

Put the gas tank in and hooked up the carb. Put a little gas in the tank and checked for leaks. All is dry.

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Sanblasted the headlight clamp rings and got the lights mounted and wired. Had to steal the lights from my 100 since the ones that came with this tractor were different from each other and one didn't work. Also painted the trim around the headlight panel silver.

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I'm going to get some "Hydro" decals made to go on the sides of the hood like they were on the 1066 hydro tractors. I've got a full size decal and I'm going to see if a sign shop can scan it and scale it down.

Your craftsmanship is outstanding. Great job!

What an outstanding job ....could you tell me the tire size and brand ...it fit together perfect....

Thanks guys.

The front tires are 16/6.5/8 Carlisle multi-ribs and the rears are 23/8.5/12 Carlisle Tru Powers.

Top notch job, Adam!