dressin' up an old YM187

[Jagmandave]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

What color is that? I used a late model ford Ranger red for mine, it's a little more in the blue spectrum than the orange they use at Yanmar. All I have to do now is figure out how to upload some pics to share..........

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

Dave:

WOW! that looks nice and smooth, by the looks of it you have a better hand at this painting thing than I do.

Paint is Massey Ferguson red

 

[Jagmandave]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

No kudos to me, I sent my parts to the body shop! Well, I took them to one, but the guy who aqctually did the work took them home and di them in his barn. He sandblasted them then primed, filled a few surface rust imperfections and put on a nice coat of paint. He also color sanded a bit and polished everything when it was done. I think he did a great job and can't wait to get the sheetmetal back on the tractor. I spent last weekend spraying a coat of green on the frame and trans and it came out pretty good. I have some new fasteners arriving today and this weekend it should be back together. The hardest part of this so far (in addition to not going too far with it!) has been the wheels. I just didn't want to spend the money to have them broken down, sandblasted and repainted, so I took my little angle grinder with a good stiff wire brush and went after them, all I did was knock off the loose stuff, then brushed on a good coat of Rustoleum white, but they look great from 10 ft away. I have to keep telling myself, "it's a tractor, not a show car"!
I noticed these pics are really grainy, they actually look even better than these pics..........

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

Dave:

<font color="blue"> I have to keep telling myself, "it's a tractor, not a show car"!
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I hear ya on that, I can see myself gettin' really carried away but I'm having a blast

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

Update time:

I got some of the parts out in the sun today and grab a couple of pictures while I was out there. I'm still thinking about one more coat of paint.

Just for giggles I thought a pic of the building I'm painting in would be fun.. /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

sheet metal

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

more of more

 

[Whiskey]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

some more

 

[jwnge]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

I have been watching all the way through, nice job, lookin good!!! Hope I can get my 1650 Snapper to look that good.. /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif JohnJ

 

[mark777]

Re: dressin\' up an old YM187

Whiskey,

NICE, VERY NICE....and I like the color even better when viewed from outside. You might be a redneck if your paint booth looks like picture #1 /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif.

Mark