1450 build from a newbie

[Gijazbo]

Well a little more progress from before.




the ended up using Van Sickle paints. One becasue they are cheaper than most other, they have great reviews, and well... they work.

[yeeter]

Looks GREAT!!

Keep up the progress, its going to be beautiful once complete. Thanks for the pics!

[Rescue11]

If your ever swinging thru s.e. nebraska, I gotta 1450 you can restore since your so good at it!

[johncub7172]

Very nice work! I over-achieved my 72 restoration, and had to remove paint from holes with a chain saw file, and remove paint from joints to line up correctly. I had also done a no-no and painted the 72 piece for piece, thus resulting in more chipped paint then needed when assemble came. My next IH Cub Cadet paint job will be done with as much of the tractor together as needed, respectably.

Nice, can't wait!

[J-Mech]

Not trying to ruin your day..... but the hydro's aren't supposed to be painted. Just like cylinder heads. They cool better without paint. I've seen lots that are.......... but not supposed to be.

Nice work so far!

[Gijazbo]

I was kind of wondering that as the hydro was only half painted, but i opted to just straighten it all out at one time. We will see how it holds up to the heat.

The next step is sandblasting of the rest of the chassie components. Waiting on the fine folks at the farm store to get the rest of my paint in. The Van Sickle stuff is outstanding in the rattle cans. The sheen is great and its pretty tough even without a clear coat.

The plan of now is to do the enitre chassie and then rebuild the engine. It was running and cutting when i took it out so im hopeing that it will be rather straight forward... but we all know how that goes.

Still looking for a mule drive if anyone has one they would like to sell or trade.

Im going to try to get the thread a little more technical as i go along to help some other out. I know i would have never taken on this project if it were not for Steves 1650 build on this site. So hopefully i can give some others encouragment.

[Gijazbo]

Well i dropped the frame and a bunch of other items off at the sandblasters this week. So hopefully i will have them back in time for the weekend. (its an old guy around the corner and he really doenst have a rushed bone in his body)

Otherwise i have just been piddling around with what i didnt take to the blaster (in hind sight i dont know whay i kept anything to hand jam)





Also, my parts finally came in to let me finish up the rear end. Not too pricey. Ended up getting them offline as the cub dealer i my area is about 5 bucks more on each part.



Currently waiting on a shippment of paint to come in to the farm store before i can move anymore.

However, does anyone have any personal clear coat favorites (rattle can) that they have used with van sickle. The paint itslef has a great sheen to it, but this will be a daily driver that i would like to keep looking good.

[bocephus1991]

Looks great! I used van sickle on my 1200 but mixed it and shot it with a hvlp gun. I know some guy on here used the same paint and wet sanded it and shot clear over it bu don't remember what clear he used

[Gijazbo]

Well, Got some parts back from the sandblaster. Honestly, worth the price of $45 an hour.




Had some scrap laying around, and it was a great weekend outside, so i built a little rack to paint most of the stuff up in the driveway.



honestly, this is a great time in the project. Things are comming together and i look forward to starting the assembly process. I still havent touched the engine, but i think a quick carb rebuild and some TLC will get it going pretty well again.

[Gijazbo]

for anyone who has wondered about blasting: He did everything but the sheet metal in 2 hours at $45 an hour + $24 in sand. I brought him some of the sheet metal and he thinks he can do some of it without it warping. So, im gonna let him to the seat pan and see if that works out well and i will go from there.