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Alright alright alright I know it's not exactly the kind of "tractor" that we're looking for but I had to do it!!

@SparkyYour reference to that WH with the Hemi sparked my recollection when in the late 70's I received a phone call from a friend of mine who wanted to know if I was interested in going to look at a 1971 Dodge Super Bee with a 4 speed/ 426 HEMI for sale by the original owner, I am sure you know what my response was. This car, or should I say machine was located in the same town we both lived in but neither of us had never seen or even heard that there was one of these 10 minutes away. Keep in mind that we both owned Muscle cars, he a 1970 Cuda 340 4 speed and myself had recently sold a 1970 challenger and had purchased the 70 chevelle SS.When we arrived and walked up the driveway and when the garage door opened there was not 1 but 2 1971 Super Bee's inside, a purple one and an orange one, our jaw's both just about hit the floor, the owner asked which one he was interested in and he said the orange one. I believe the mileage was around 30,000 and the price was around, hold on to your recliner, in the 3500.00 range. After the transaction I was able to go for a ride in that car and I would have to say it was enjoyable to say the least. My friend was extremely responsible with this car and kept it for many years. Hope you liked this story.

Low Rider

Yep It straightened the rear wheels so I don't go down the road sideways!!

Looks like way to many people have the day off!!! sent from the work van on break with the heat on after working in a freezer!

1973 16 Automatic

IRV

One and only front end Friday. 1977 B80-8

1968 Commando 8

@dells68 hope you don’t mind a few of your front ends in here!

Well started tearing down the 877 I bought at the Big Show. Decided to go through the whole tractor and clean it up, wet sand and clear coat the sheet metal and do some painting on the frame and engine. Wheels will get sand blasted and painted. I'll be going through the electric wiring and adding lights. Fuel lines will be new too. I went through the motion control system, replaced the missing springs, got a new cam from @daveoman, installed that and flipped the retainers over and I think it should function properly once I get the tractor back together. Now for some pictures Got it tore down Nice pile of parts to work on Got a couple of parts clear coated, so the refresh has begun. Once I can get it all back together I'll finish it off will Terry 's fantastic decals.

I'm working, My Amish neighbor showed up in my shop at 7AM this morning. He and his wife had been picking corn and cantaloupes since 3AM. Seems his 3yo was playing on his fork lift and managed to lose the keys. He was in a bit of a panic as he had to load 7 containers of sweet corn and 2 containers of cantaloupes and get it to auction by 9AM. A wheel Horse ignition switch had the Hyster Fork Lift running in 20 minutes. He paid me with 4 ears of corn and a cantaloupe.

The herd and then some

You didn't say they had to be pretty front ends....

I went to harbor freight and bought one of their portable sheds for some of my horses. I got the extended warranty so if anything happens to it in three years I get a new one! It tells you just to slip the pipes together but I put a duct work screw in each pipe and also screwed it to a heavy 4 x 4 frame to hold it down.

Seeing some members enjoy seeing crawler pictures . Here are some of mine . Cat D6-8u Komatsu D65EX-12 Trackmarshall 55 and drawn ripper

Tonight was the first time I had mowed the front of my house with my 1067 that I just finished. What a beast!!

702 w/tricycle conversion

WOW,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,I AM BOTH HUMBLED AND HONORED.........LIVING PROOF !!!!!!!!!!!! BEING NUMBER ONE FOR ONCE . OR EVER.........THERE ARE NO WORDS I CAN ONLY LEAVE YOU WITH THESE PARTING GIFTS,,,,,,

C-121 Black Horse. 2nd C-81 1st C-125 3rd

Well according to the hood it has a 426 HEMI in there....she must be a race tractor ! Just kidding....and....

I spent a bunch of time trying to find out why sometimes it would start but quite after 30 seconds. Some times it would not even fire . Sometimes it would fire and run for 5 seconds. Instead of the Long story of what all I did it came down to one loose wire that fell off the thing that says the air cleaner is plugged. The switch that has a small hose from the underside if the air cleaner housing going to the backside of the dash. what I did that was not the problem, changed out coil, changed condenser, changed plug wires, even took the top of the carb off and pulled the float and cleaned out the bowl. Only thing left to do was to set the lifter gap. And change the low oil sensor. hope this helps somebody someday !

I’m a Kohler man. I’d find an 8hp Kohler with a starter generator and repower that baby as an 855! I just put a piston and rings in Emory’s 855 that was good at fogging mosquitoes. Found very little wear, even to the bore and it runs like a scalded dog now! Good for another 50 years!

FEF! Quit getting distracted! Hahaha, I do the same thing. Cory

MR AND MRS RULEZ.... THANK-YOU YOU GOT MY GOOD SIDE....!!!!!!!

Another option is to ditch the reflectors and install lights. You can buy lights the same size as the reflectors. Wire them into the headlight circuit and you’ll have proper tail lights.

However you clean it it will start rusting again. I would recommend Eastwood gas tank sealer or POR 15 Gas tank sealer. i did the tank on my Case VAC about 14 years ago still clean inside and no rust. https://www.eastwood.com/gas-tank-sealer-kits-eastwood-gas-tank-sealer.html

HHHOOOWWWAAARRRDDD!!! what a ham!!!

Back in the late 70's Forbes Magazine had a small article about collecting muscle cars from the 60's and early 70's for investment purposes. They said definitely not a good investment, sometimes even the smart guys get it wrong.

Back in the '60s while growing up on the North Side of Chicago, we had a local pizzaria. I remember that pizza at that time was just gaining popularity. Hard to believe today! The young delivery guy had replaced what ever nondescript car that he drove with a 1966 Corvette Stingray (C2) that had the 427 and side pipe option. Talk about fast delivery! It probably was purchased used as this was about 1967. It was about eight months later, after going through a winter, that I happened by the pizzaria. Right in front (in the no parking zone of course) was a brand new 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 426 Hemi Four-Speed. Chuck had traded his Vette for a Black-on-Black Charger! No stripes to spoil the lines of the first year offering. As it happened, he had a delivery to make and asked if I wanted to come along for a ride. Duh, yes! Climbing inside I was taking it all in. Not the cockpit of his Vette. What I recall was this bit of a corkscrew shifter (probably an Inland OEM and not the later production Hurst OEM) with a white shifter ball up in the air. We delivered the pizza - and then found a semi-deserted street down by the tracks. That is when we probably got up to 70 just into 3rd and still pulling on a side street in the city. Luckily no cops, pedestrians, or other cars on the deserted street. Nice press into the upholstery!

#35 & 63 are me, Mike Hower, not looking at the camera......

Flat-out startling to realize call little $$$ the classic collectible muscle vehicles were back in the 70s and 80s.

Now that would be a true short frame with a big block.

Bam

Throttle/choke cable wire is a spring wire, not too sure if the bend in the heated metal will stay, let us know how it works out over time. I had used a pair of needle nose pliers next to one-another for years and got by OK, but bought a Z Bend tool a few years back and love it.

Never rode in a hemi, but family friends had 67-70 Darts with 340, 360, and 383, early 70s Cordoba 383/400, 66-67 Fury with 383... All sounded good ran hard... One of first "muscle" cars would have been a '68 Chevelle 327 4spd but dad said I would get my "killin' done" so I ended up with '76 Chevy LUV truck with a factory installed California stepside 4cyl 4spd, but after highschool and working my first was a '66 Impala with a police interceptor 400SBC and Muncie 4spd, then a '69 C10 shortbed 350 with a Borg Warner T-10 car 4spd, then a '79 Malibu Classic Landua 305 and factory 4spd and of course the kid I have had since 2001 my factory black on black '78 Malibu Classic with a "built" 400SBC .030" over to 406ci, 10.36-1 CR, solid roller cam, forged bottom end, Dart Iron Eagle Platinum heads, TH400 reverse manual valve body with 10" 3500 stall converter and 4:10 posi rear, good times.

Floor is finished. Walls are next.

Tool Crib, I do not think bowl turning has anything to do with a mid-life crisis... I had my crisis years ago, and still have some of the toys that came wit it. I did not start turning bowls until well after the crisis passed. Some of my work below: Danny

Don't be giving us any bright ideas 500 horse power Wheelhorse.... hmmm....

Happy Independence Day everyone GOD bless the USA