Restoring a 1968 raider 12?

[953 nut 56,168]

2 minutes ago, LennieM said:

it moves as fast or faster than all other lawn mowers i have been riding.

Perhaps the engine pulley is also larger and compensates for that. As long as it works well all is good.        

[Joshn569 273]

Lookin good. Definitely gonna follow along.

[LennieM 59]

A little progress...

Rear fender was beaten up quite bad but the seat will cover it so i did not fo that much about it.

I hope the rear tires will get a little better grip than the originals

[LennieM 59]

Slowly moving forward...

This will be made into a new exhaust

 

[Zeek 2,286]

I love Raider 12's , that was the first tractor I ever restored. It now resides in Indiana. 

[953 nut 56,168]

4 hours ago, LennieM said:

This will be made into a new exhaust

Cool, what did it come from and will the exhaust be running out the rear of the tractor?

 

[LennieM 59]

It is for a old volvo amazon and no i just bought the pipe for the muffler and i bought a stainlessteel bend.

this is how it got, maybe the radius of the bend should have been smaller so the muffler could have been closer to the hood but it is what it is.... parts was less than $50 so im happy with it.

At least its better than before

[Pullstart 63,201]

It looks good with the girth of the pipe and muffler, I’d just suggest supporting it with a bracket from the bottom part of the engine.  I bet it sounds delightful!  Great work on the tractor!

[LennieM 59]

Ok so got the beast up and running again!!

Now whats left to do is to get the snowthrower stripped from paint and get some new on already bought new stickers for it!

maybe ill be building a s small trailer for it in the future.

But first i need to fix the exhaust its a little to loud...