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500 Special She's Alive...

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Thursday on my way to Indy I stopped at the Strawtown Flee Market they have every week only on Thursday. I walked around and looked at the normal stuff and then I seen this jem... It was a 6hp Tecumseh motor... I restored my 500 Special last summer and have been meening to rebuild the motor I have for it. It seems like all the motors I find are worn out or blown. This motor runs darn good. I went and picked up a new drive belt at my local Toro store and installed the motor and the proper gas tank and throttle / choke bracket. I was so excited to drive it, I'll paint the motor later. You dont dare dump the clutch! Projects-Projects-Projects...

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KeithB

Nice :omg:

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rusted and busted

thats the way to do it :omg:

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dclarke

looks good Gene. :omg:

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sorekiwi

Looks really good Gene!

I really really wish I could finish some of my projects, I havent touched my Special since last summer, and then I stole the engine that I'd put aside for it a couple of weeks ago :omg:

I think I'd be putting an inline fuel filter in there though... :D

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rickv1957

Tractor looks great!! :omg: Rick

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Coadster32

Looks good from my house! :omg:

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Ken B

Thats very nice! I gotta do one of them soon!

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Gene_S

Good eyes Mike... :omg:

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VinsRJ

Very nice! I lost out on a 500 Special last summer... I dicked around to long and it got picked. :omg:

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sorekiwi

Good eyes Mike... :omg:

Not really, when you said that Tucky ran well, I immediately wondered why the carb wasnt irreversably gummed up, and that got me looking. :D

Also I changed out the filters on 3 of my tractors today, so its kinda on my mind.

I like that motor in black! You sure you want to paint it? I sat a brand new Tecumseh LH195 on one of mine last year and liked that in black too.

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Brrly1

Gene, the 500 Special looks good but, Where's the Tri-cycle? Hint,Hint,Hint. Thats the one I would like to see come out of the stable finished. Ready, set, go. Do you go to Jones swap meet in a few weeks. Maybe by then you can have it finished. Hint, Hint, Hint. See Ya, Bye Burly :D

:omg::D

:D

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JimD

Looks great Haasman! :omg:

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stevasaurus

Very nice find Gene. :omg:

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buckeye

Lookin' good Gene!! Has the wife started on her pink horse yet?

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Gene_S

Thanks Guys... And yes Bryan she was sand blasting parts for about three hours this afternoon. We'll have a pink :omg: at the fall Show and Swap meet at Mentone this year!

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chevy030303

looks kool

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horsefeathers

Haasman35, The 500 special looks great with that tucky! Fantastic find that was a match made in :omg: heaven! Burrly1 is right we want to see the tricycle! And the pink tractor! :D HORSEFEATHERS!

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