1974 Quietline Restoration
 

Here is the first pictures of my restoration. This is when I pulled it out of a barn in Central IL. I have the hood, fenders, grill, tires, and other parts pulled off and repainted. I have a goal of having it done by the 4th. I will take more detailed pictures once complete. Thank you in advance for any suggestions or ideas. Chris
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Welcome. That looks like a nice machine you have there. Are you keeping it red or taking it back to yellow and white? Where abouts in il are ya from?I'm about twenty minutes north of peoria.

Good luck with the restoration. I also have a 1000 that is currently waiting on some parts to put the clutch back together. And a 1200 that im starting to gather parts for to restore. Ill be keep in a eye on this thread if you have any questions just send me a pm. Ive turned every nut and bolt on these quietlines. Where ya from im about midway between peoria and moline

Looking good Chris!:beerchug:

Thanks Cubby 102. I do have a quick question. I was having a hard time taking the muffler off. Any suggestions on how I should go about that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Chris

Nice QL! Looking forward to the finished product.

Good looking machine! And I'll add another where in Illinois are you? I'm more Northern, about 40 minutes east of the Quad Cities.

I may be looking at this pic wrong, but are you painting the deck undercarriage while it's on the tractor? It looks like you have it taped off for painting :bigthink:

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Thank you everyone. Jimbob, I have already painted the frame but I noticed some imperfections on some of the red so I was being a little picky.

It should be bolted on then a little clamp type deal where the muffler goes on the elbow. You may need to work it off rust could be holding good

Thanks cubby. I'll get back to it this evening if the mosquitoes don't carry me away.:beerchug:

Hello everyone. I am glad to be back on. After a short vacation and a busy spell at work I can finally upload my new pictures. I am 90% complete. The only thing left is to put on the AG tires I ordered and repaint the rims. I have been slow to do that since I have my hub caps. Thank you all for the help and especially to Rob over at R.F. Houtz and Sons in Elburn, IL. Rob was very helpful and is a great resource for all things IH and Cub Cadet. I am looking forward to hearing back from all of you. :American Flag 1:

Very nice sir. It will look great with some new back tires. The ags sure changed the look of my 1650. What color are you going to paint the wheels?

Thank you boliver. I am going to paint the rims white and bolts IH red. I am also going to paint front center cap red.

I like the color scheme on your Quiet Line, good job on the work. Not too over complicated, and completed in a timely manner if you ask me!

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Nice job. I really like choice to go back with the red, that's one of the better looking QLs I've seen. I think that may finally tip me over the edge to paint my 882 IH red when the time comes.