New project - Super C

[meadowfield 2,570]

1 hour ago, Stormin said:

  Good to see your building something again Mark. I'll have to have a run over when things improve.

 

be good to catch up

[meadowfield 2,570]

17 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

Mark, that looks fantastic !!   Love your shop, but don't ever drop a detente ball on the floor.  

 

ha, if you do it is lost or covered in sh!t...  We don't seem to do workshops like yours over here, space and cost usually being the limitation. My wood workshop is a lot more clinical - fully insulated, 48 wall outlets, painted floor, etc. But can't move for tractors and tools! 

 

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

This looks like a really good project Mark.

I've that you are making your own parts too. Very much the way I like to work.

I probably get more enjoyment out of making the parts than in doing the restoration. 

Looking forward to seeing the beast grow.

Mick 

[meadowfield 2,570]

19 minutes ago, Mickwhitt said:

This looks like a really good project Mark.

I've that you are making your own parts too. Very much the way I like to work.

I probably get more enjoyment out of making the parts than in doing the restoration. 

Looking forward to seeing the beast grow.

Mick 

 

thanks - I just get a buzz out of making the models Wheel Horse should have built...  So then I end up with the most unique models that everyone wants!

[AMC RULES 37,130]

  Really good to see you back at it again Mark.   

Can't wait to see the baddest C-195 on the planet emerge from your shop when you're done...

 cracks and all!

[squonk 41,155]

Better get that thing off of those work mates before it decides to get on the floor on it's own! 

 

Also I hope that's styrofoam on top of that shelf! 

 

Edited March 23, 2021 by squonk

[ohiofarmer 3,276]

43 minutes ago, squonk said:

Better get that thing off of those work mates before it decides to get on the floor on it's own! 

 

Also I hope that's styrofoam on top of that shelf! 

 

Now my yank brain just cannot figger this out. Are the tyres mounted this way to compensate for driving on the other side of the road? Also, are the plows made to turn the furrows over on the left side of the tractor?  How about  Australia where the water circles in reverse going down the drain??? Maybe somehow that makes a double reverse condition and everything cancels out, I suppose

Edited March 23, 2021 by ohiofarmer

[cschannuth 3,816]

14 minutes ago, ohiofarmer said:

Now my yank brain just cannot figger this out. Are the tyres mounted this way to compensate for driving on the other side of the road? Also, are the plows made to turn the furrows over on the left side of the tractor?  How about  Australia where the water circles in reverse going down the drain??? Maybe somehow that makes a double reverse condition and everything cancels out, I suppose

Maybe it’s going to be four-wheel-drive… A wealthy hog farmer who lives near me turns the front tires around backwards on every tractor he buys so that he has better traction when backing out of his hog farming operation areas that are really muddy. Or maybe he just threw them on there to see how it looks and didn’t realize he had them turned around.

[meadowfield 2,570]

17 minutes ago, ohiofarmer said:

Now my yank brain just cannot figger this out. Are the tyres mounted this way to compensate for driving on the other side of the road? Also, are the plows made to turn the furrows over on the left side of the tractor?  How about  Australia where the water circles in reverse going down the drain??? Maybe somehow that makes a double reverse condition and everything cancels out, I suppose

 

haha, I just chucked the wheels on for the picture, so they are indeed on backwards... now the fronts probably will be mounted in reverse as apparently that works best on 2wd.

[meadowfield 2,570]

A bit of time on the lathe and the next phase begins. 

 

Firstly the rear track just didn't look right, so I've added 2" either side and rather than buy spacers - which are expensive....  I made my own  

 

 

and there is the first clue to my something special with the transmission.

 

 

 

you can either take a guess - or watch this space!

 

[Stormin 9,981]

 

18 minutes ago, meadowfield said:

you can either take a guess - or watch this space!

 

I can think of several things, but they'd no doubt all be wrong.

[Oldskool 6,644]

I have a couple ideas, but im just gonna keep watchin for now. Looking good so far. I love it when something out of the ordinary pops into a build.

[ebinmaine 67,624]

42 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

I have a couple ideas, but im just gonna keep watchin for now. Looking good so far. I love it when something out of the ordinary pops into a build.

Pretty much what I was thinking too..

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Chain drive? Looks exotic.

 

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Have a little bit the charme of Steampunk

i like it

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Im pretty sure I'm going out on a limb early, but this has to be a tracked version.

Those sprockets look way too big for chain drive. 

And you did say you were aiming for unique and something everyone else wants.

Mick 

[meadowfield 2,570]

Just now, Mickwhitt said:

Im pretty sure I'm going out on a limb early, but this has to be a tracked version.

Those sprockets look way too big for chain drive. 

And you did say you were aiming for unique and something everyone else wants.

Mick 

 

nice try, but I thought the wheels gave it away...   it's definitely running on wheels!

[Mickwhitt 4,642]

Thought it was a double blind. 

I'll sit back and watch lol 

[Oldskool 6,644]

Rear 4 wheel drive?

[meadowfield 2,570]

10 minutes ago, Oldskool said:

Rear 4 wheel drive?

 

thats a good guess - like your thinking...  but not right...

 

[rjg854 11,387]

I'll just wait and see 

[Jeff-C175 7,202]

Chains to run a calliope you'll pull behind the machine during parades?  <--see what I did there?

[Wheel Horse 3D 3,795]

[meadowfield 2,570]

a few more clues...

 

 

 

 

can you tell what it is yet?

 

 

Edited March 26, 2021 by meadowfield

[Oldskool 6,644]

20 minutes ago, meadowfield said:

a few more clues...

 

 

 

 

can you tell what it is yet?

 

 

I'm still stumped. I'm assuming the groove might be for a lever/clutch fork of sorts? The pins to engage/disengage?