She's a Project Alright.

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You guys are gonna love this one!

So a guy stops in at plow day last year wantin to yak horses. Says he's got a couple. It's cool lots of horsemen around we yak 

So he stops in a couple of days ago and says he's got a GT 14 & asks me if I want it for our favorite 4 letter word... starts with a F. 

I says sure lemme come eyeball it. He's real local and just moved up here from FIB land.

Now a GT14 ain't exactly on the bucket list but the price point was ther. 

I immediately jump on the horn with one of our resident GT14 experts @19richie66 to see what I should be looking for. 

I know nothing about one but the owner say it's a manual. Alrighty then no such thing says Richie. Maybe modded? Owner swears it's a GT14. 

So I go have a look see ... only way to see where the bear crapped in the buckwheat. 

 

I know what it is and it ain't a GT14! 

You guys take a crack at a ID... should be easy for some. 

I brought it to the ranch at @Achto's insistence. 

Wait til you hear why the tranny is out of it... the gut buster of all times. 

[19richie66 17,500]

Definitely not a gt14 but for the price, great take home gift.

Edited May 18, 2023 by 19richie66

[TJ5208 1,824]

Looks like a c series with a late 60s hood with a 8 hp Briggs off a 800. And a peerless tranny. So its a custom.

Edited May 18, 2023 by TJ Salyers

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OK enough supence on the tranny.

So I ask the guy why did you take the rear end apart? He says and this is no lie ... he's got a buddy in fib land that had a gear out of his 953 so they was gonna do a tranny swap. 

Now this guy seemed to have a pretty good sense of humor so I chided him on what kind of crack they was on! I apologized for calling him a FIB and said he was just a DIB. 

Here's the tranny ... yep let's fit that in a 953. 

 

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5 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

Looks like a c series with a late 60s hood with a 8 hp Briggs off a 800. And a peerless tranny. So its a custom.

Lookit the walls around you grasshopper... not even close. Not a C hood. 

Well maybe close 8 Briggs and Peerless. 

Edited May 18, 2023 by WHX??

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1 minute ago, WHX?? said:

Lookit the walls around you grasshopper... not even close. 

I didn't see the pic of the tranny. 

[TJ5208 1,824]

5 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

 

The pulley for the belt is on the wrong side no wait I forgot it has a pulley on the motor

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So this guy is a hellova nice guy. I give him one of my cards, invite to plow day and here ... here's one for your misguided 953 buddy. 3rd gears Lowell has with all the tranny parts and turned him on to RS and Lowell's site. 

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7 minutes ago, TJ Salyers said:

The pulley for the belt is on the wrong side no wait I forgot it has a pulley on the motor

Getting close weed hopper... hint 1970 & not a model we've seen alot here. So nobody chime in let's let TJ do some research. 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,535]

And just think, now you got all that extra room in the stable thanks to @Pullstart's recent drive by... 

[WHX?? 48,814]

Lemme know you get stuck TJ give ya some more hints. 

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34 minutes ago, 19richie66 said:

Definitely not a gt14 but for the price, great take home gift.

The guy delivered  Ritchie... had  brand spankin new 24 ft enclosed and pretty impressed how I crawled up in it to lasso it with the FEL! No pics she was napping...

[Achto 27,565]

IDK Jim. You find an old cow tank, fill it up with oil, drop that baby in there, and let it soak for a month or 2. I bet we can have that thing looking like brand new, or at least operating like brand new.

 

Such an uncommon lawn tractor might be worth a try. We have saved worse, a certain 701 comes to mind.

[Pullstart 62,834]

800 Special

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Awful quiet TJ give up?

She's  all yours then Dan...

I got more pressing projects! 

Motor is cool tho and would like to see it running. 

Dan's idea was to get it running and driving then give it to Portage show auction for what charity Dan? 

Way beyond that I'm afraid buddy. We would go thru 10 cans of deep creep and still twist off every bolt. 

[WHX?? 48,814]

4 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

800 Special

WRONG! But the special it getting ther ...

Edited May 18, 2023 by WHX??

[Pullstart 62,834]

2 minutes ago, WHX?? said:

WRONG!

Whaaaaat? Weaker frame, weaker trans, Briggs mill, that’s the only Special of it’s kind that I’m aware of other than UJ 

[Achto 27,565]

OK, OK it's a..... nope can't spoil Jim's fun.

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The thing that is odd Kev is this model was marketed as a mower only ... not a GT but it has  the rear axle attach points for say a front plow. You know the axle brackets but they are built into the tranny mounting plates. 

 

[TJ5208 1,824]

I'm still here

Edited May 18, 2023 by TJ Salyers

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,315]

A90 ? 

[TJ5208 1,824]

Electro 12

[TJ5208 1,824]

1 minute ago, Sparky said:

A90 ? 

They didn't make a a 90 in 1970

[WHX?? 48,814]

Went way cold @TJ Salyers on the LR guy.

 Yer an ass Sparky... so much for trying to groom the younguns... 

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1 minute ago, WHX?? said:

Went way cold @TJ Salyers on the LR guy.

 Yer an ass Sparky... so much for trying to groom the younguns... 

Guilty as charged! 
2-4300 1974 A Series Lawn Tractor A-90 Special 4-Speed Briggs 109434-0638-01 8 Peerless 1400