Road trip for a gem with jimt1971

[kthack657 279]

So about a year ago jimt1971 started talking with Pilgrim regarding a worker 420LSE.  Long story short the neighbor or friend (I can't remember which) purchased the tractor to use.  We werr okay with this as we were told that if the person who got it didn't like it, he might get it back.  Fast forward to a few weeks ago, Jimt1971 got word that pilgrim got the tractor back and wanted to see if he was still interested in purchasing it.  The price was agreed to, and we hoped that Pilgrim could make it to the WHCC show😥 unfortunately he was not able to make it, sooo we agreed to go out to his place to pick it up.  We left at 5:30am, and started our 12 hour road trip...got to Pilgrims, and got to spend a small amount of time with him and his wife before having to head back home.  I have to say that Pilgrim and his wife are two of the most genuine people I have had the pleasure of meeting.  They were amazingly sweet, and a pleasure to do business with.  Today we got to take a better look at the tractor, and we plan on restoring it back to its former glory.  The one thing thatvwill remain is the decal from the mower shop that it came from to preserve its history!!

 

Without further adeau, here are the pics

[Stormin 9,981]

 Personally I'd leave it as it is. Looks just fine.

[Sparky-(Admin) 21,314]

Nice find....very rare machine!

  How many hours? Did you get the deck? What about the chrome front and rear rims?

[kthack657 279]

7 minutes ago, Sparky said:

Nice find....very rare machine!

  How many hours? Did you get the deck? What about the chrome front and rear rims?

 

Pilgrim knew where the rims were, but the chrome was gone from them.  We did get the deck, but it does not have the chrome deck wheels on it either, it was a worker, and that is how it came.  We will look to see about either getting wheels chromed, or possibly just do aluminum rims instead...we will see

Edited June 30, 2019 by kthack657

[Lee1977 6,655]

20 hours ago, kthack657 said:

 

Pilgrim knew where the rims were, but the chrome was gone from them.  We did get the deck, but it does not have the chrome deck wheels on it either, it was a worker, and that is how it came.  We will look to see about either getting wheels chromed, or possibly just do aluminum rims instead...we will see

I would think new Aluminum wheels will be cheaper.

[kthack657 279]

6 hours ago, Lee1977 said:

I would think new Aluminum wheels will be cheaper.

Believe it or not there are new "chroming systems out there for around $600...don't worry we are doing our reaearch before deciding, especially since we need to chrome other pieces that are missing or not chrome, like the mule drive...stay tuned

[ZXT 2,401]

Dang, 12 hours for a tractor! I've always found it hard to go more than an hour or two for a car... You guys are dedicated!

 

I'm with Norm. Leave it be, or if anything, just the seat pan.. Everything else looks great. Especially that seat!