Original Assembly Begins...
 

My son and I started assembling our Original today. We've been working on collecting, sandblasting, repairing, rebuilding, and painting parts now for about two months. Pretty exciting to see it going back together. Our plan is for the tractor to be worked, but felt we wanted to do a once over on it first (even though the scratches are already adding up!). It's nice to know what you have and I want it to be safe and reliable. Some day maybe it will be retired to trailer queen duties, but for now there is snow to plow, a long driveway to grade, and lots of work in the bush to be done skidding logs and hauling firewood. We've acquired fenders for it (which will be painted white), plus a brinley-hardy hitch - still looking for the top lifting assembly though. We are rebuilding a 14hp Vtwin engine from a later model Cub and have all the tins painted yellow. Should be a neat little combo and I have a 7hp Kohler to put back into it someday. Just hope the clutch can handle the extra power. We've completely rebuilt it and added a 'pulling' spring with double the pressure. 23 x 8.50's on the rear and tri-ribs up front. We've got some lovely custom made 70lb+ wheel weights all ready to go on as well. Stay tuned...

happyhab,
That is going to be a nice looking resto mod tractor! Great shots!
You have done great work on the details!
Regards,
Chris

That looks great. Looking forward to future pictures.

Great job! Looking forward to your updates. :beerchug:

Looks Awesome with 8.50's on it. Nice Job!

Nice paint work happyhab :ThumbsUp:

Looks awesome! Did you clean the paint off the axle housing before you put your axle tubes on? I think it will leak over time if the paint is still on there. Same for the rear cover plate. I don't think the tire chains will work to well on the AGS without slipping between the lugs on the tires. They look great!

Don't mean to be a downer just don't want to have to tear it back apart and redo it when it could be done with less work now.:beerchug:

Duke, I though the axle tubes never see oil unless your axle seals fail? Also, we did leave some paint on the gasket surfaces here and there, but I make my own gaskets out of thicker gasket paper and then use a gasket sealer on both sides - have done many this way and never had a leak. I custom cut the chains to fit tight on the tires when deflated so that once they are inflated, you can hardly move them. I'm sure that most of the links will work there way in between the lugs, but have had great experience in the past doing it this way (no need for bungies to pick up the lack in loose chains). Looking forward to seeing my boy push some snow! Cheers.

Another solid day yesterday. We installed a new custom arrangement of bushings and thrust washers into the front wheels as well as tubes Deestone skins. Assembled the steering linkage with new heavy duty hem joints. Put on the steering column and a few other little bits. The coolest part of the day was installing the restored 70lb weights, they look awesome (at least we think so...)! The dash assembly is painted and ready for application of decals, but sadly we are still waiting for the steering column grommet to arrive...

Sounds like you know what your doing!:beerchug: I can't wait to see pics of ya pushing some snow!

What's the serial number again.:bigthink: I see the creeper hole. Dash tower have a the adjustment hole on the right side?

I'm loving the pics too!