AMC RULES 37,132 #101 Posted September 14, 2015 You keep this up Bud... you'll be driving that thing to work. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,326 #102 Posted September 14, 2015 I can't wait to see it finished. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
WHX?? 48,835 #103 Posted September 14, 2015 Really good price - have that old school look too! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #104 Posted September 15, 2015 Very nice Bud! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #105 Posted September 18, 2015 Ol' Shep is done..... 15 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,389 #106 Posted September 18, 2015 sweet looking machine, it looks great! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
857 horse 2,581 #107 Posted September 18, 2015 BUD,,,,,,,THANK-YOU FOR LETTING EVERYONE SEE INTO YOUR LIFE...AND WE GOT TO SEE A GREAT FINAL RESULT.....ITS GONNA LOOK GREAT CRUZIN THE BIG SHOW NEXT SUMMER !!!!!!!! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pullstart 62,923 #108 Posted September 18, 2015 That is a work of art, for sure! Do you suppose it'll keep up with that Yamaha? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #109 Posted September 18, 2015 I'll say something when I figure out the right words! Nothing I've come up with so far quite expresses how incredibly awesome this is...Bud! Any plans to produce and market them? Build an electric and every WH enthusiast that golfs would want one! 'Course every WH enthusiast probably wants this one now anyway! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #110 Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) I don't play golf, it's more like a rifle range vehicle, to me. I couldn't produce and market them, then it wouldn't be any FUN . Edited September 18, 2015 by Bud Andrews 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elcamino/wheelhorse 9,326 #111 Posted September 18, 2015 I don't know what to say except " Holey Moley " , I wished I lived next door to you so I could visit every day and see what you are working on. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #112 Posted September 18, 2015 (edited) Connie added the finishing touch this morning. Had the rest of the herd out for a little sunshine today so we could sweep out the shed, it's been a beautiful spell of weather here this week. Edited September 18, 2015 by Bud Andrews 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Aldon 4,826 #113 Posted September 18, 2015 Nice herd. I do like the Panzer. One of these days may have to own one for a while:-) 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
squonk 41,166 #114 Posted September 18, 2015 Can't wait to see this in person! 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AMC RULES 37,132 #115 Posted September 18, 2015 Don't forget your camera. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
857 horse 2,581 #116 Posted September 18, 2015 Mike,,,,,,,,Bud is gonna HAVE TO GIVE RIDES TO THE ADULT KIDDIES NEXT SUMMER......THINK A QUARTER WILL GET A RIDE AROUND THE INFIELD?? 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #117 Posted September 19, 2015 I don't play golf, it's more like a rifle range vehicle, to me. I couldn't produce and market them, then it wouldn't be any FUN . I'm hoping the Ponds had some fun too!But no matter what it has been a very interesting and very enjoyable ride!Hoping this it no where near the end!Great work my friend! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rjg854 11,389 #118 Posted September 19, 2015 what a fine collection, and some truly wonderful work, I bow to your ability 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JC 1965 1,530 #119 Posted September 19, 2015 Great job, you should be very proud. Thanks for sharing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #120 Posted September 19, 2015 Hey Bud. Any idea how many hours you have in "Ole Shep"? I know I would have a ton trying this and then that but maybe you are a much better prototyper than I am, but if you were to build another one, how long might the second one take you?I'm also gathering that you are quite happy with it? Anything you wish you had done differently?Oh! I'm wondering if you are still looking for just the right hood ornament? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #121 Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) Dennis, if I had to guess, I'd say I could crank another one out in maybe 80 - 100 hours. Balls out, around 2 weeks if I stayed at it all day, every day. It's the cutting , fitting, and welding that take the most time. I started this in July, although I didn't work on it every day. Sometimes I would just sit and stare at it for an hour , figuring out how to make something fit or work. If I had to change anything at all, I'd make the carry-all on the back wider and a little longer, but that's about it. Mechanically speaking, the drive belt system and the steering system are already figured out and I would not change a thing. Once those 2 major hurdles are done, the rest is just cosmetic and it can look however you want it to. Making the fenders and seat and other sheet metal fit could be done a lot of different ways . As far as happy goes, YES ! I'm very happy ! It should be as dependable as any other Wheel Horse , let's face it, they were built to work and mow hour after hour, year after year with very little trouble as long as you do the proper preventive maintenance now and then. This should be no different.p.s. - ( no hood ornament, I like the gas cap, is all ) Oh, I forgot to tell ya, I'm still tweaking things here and there, today I added some arm rests. Guess where I got them ? Heheheheheheheeeeeeeeeee..................................... Edited September 20, 2015 by Bud Andrews 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Molon_Labe 731 #122 Posted September 20, 2015 Bud, all I can say is WOW! Off the chart impressive work and ingenuity . Thanks for sharing this project and I hope you do many more in the future. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DennisThornton 4,769 #123 Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) Lord! I sit here just a chuckling! Bud, I hope to meet you and yours someday and to see your works first hand! I know I've teased and perhaps tested you somewhat, but Man, I really like what you and yours have done and I really like you! You are not only very talented with your hands but in other ways as well! Sort of a shame really, that all of this has gone under "I SAW EXHAUST STACKS FOR SALE AT THE BIG SHOW" a novel topic all it's own but SO VERY MUCH of this has had NOTHING to do with that! And it's still on it's 5th page! This topic should have changed names! Who know to check here for "Ole Shep"? As much interest as you have generated here you have been very poorly marketed! It's OK, we can talk later!Seems like the only thing that we disagree on it that "Ol Shep" really needs a hood ornament! For myself, I'm ok with that, I just think you owe it to "Ol Shep'! I've got a pair of those arm rests somewhere! Tent" Trailer? Ummm?Bud, what a pleasure it has been, my friend!Ok, back to business! I'm guessing we wouldn't get rich making these, but if you wanted to make them, I think I could sell them and go 50%/50% with you! But only with a really nice hood ornament! Edited September 20, 2015 by DennisThornton Ole to Ol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #124 Posted September 20, 2015 (edited) https://www.facebook.com/bud.andrews.5/videos/560357740664624/ Hehehehe, I guess we toasted the muffler & stacks post pretty good, but I don't need to be marketed , lol . It's just my hobby, it don't have to make anybody happy but me. I had bosses all my life and it feels GREAT to be free since I retired ! I told myself that I wasn't going to be bent over somebody's fender screwing in spark plugs for them or some such nonsense, lol. I like my tractors and do this stuff so I don't sit around and become useless, it keeps me occupied. It's a pleasure to be here and yak with fellow Wheel Horse collectors. Aint no place I'd rather be, will probably see more of me when winter sets in, that keeps me in the house more. Everybody here has good ideas. There's only one thing I like better than Wheel Horses, I built this from SCRATCH ! It runs ! Edited September 30, 2015 by Bud Andrews 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bud Andrews 237 #125 Posted September 24, 2015 (edited) WP_20150918_021.mp4 Edited September 30, 2015 by Bud Andrews 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
