Brockwaykid said:
Okay, since my last update, I removed the tag from the deck and started stripping it down of its parts until I had just the shell. In the meantime, I had already straightened out the mule drive cover, as it was badly damaged. I then got all of my parts that i could paint black, like the mule drive, blade spindles, gage wheels, etc. and painted them. After i had the deck stripped down, I started to sand it down to a nice smooth surface. I did this about twice on each side. Once all of the black pieces dried, I put them aside for when i put the deck together for mock up later on. I also put the mule drive together and mounted it on the tractor. After all this, I was about ready for yellow paint! so I dismounted the rear rims, and saw that the rear tires had tubes, that were 23x8.50's! 1 rim was much dirtier on the inside than the other. The date on them is 2-79. I got the front tires taped up, and the next day my dad helped me make a rack outside to hang everything on. I used a 1 1/4? steel rod between 2 ladders as the rack. So I ended up putting all 4 rims and the deck covers on it and they were ready to go. After a few coats the front rims were done and i removed the tape after letting them dry for 30 mins. Which they were still tacky. The next day my grandfather finished the dust caps, center deck spindle, and the rear rims and deck covers. Thats about enough info for this post so I will make another. My new dilemma is now with the restoration series paint. It seems that tractor supply is "phasing out" the Valspar Resto series paint with their own "Majic" line or something like that. I realize these pictures are kinda old, but these are off of my digital camera instead of my ipod.
crbr said:Looks very nice. Thanks for the pictures. I still say "flames"
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