Comparison Plastic versus Paper, I mean Metal.

[jinman]

T020Chris: </font><font color="blue" class="small">( I don't think my TO20 has a single plastic part on it, other than the bakelite distributor cap and rotor. )</font>

jinman: </font><font color="blue" class="small">( So you really, really like sitting on that cold/wet/hot metal seat )</font>

Soundguy: </font><font color="blue" class="small">( They make padded seat covers as well as a padded pan seat for the oldies.. )</font>

Sure they do, Soundguy. However, TO20Chris said the only plastic on his TO20 was the bakelite distributor cover and I was just kidding him because I have intimate knowledge of the TO20 seat from the one my dad had when I grew up. I burned my butt many times as a kid when I sat on the seat after the tractor was sitting out in the Texas sun. He even complained that the metal seat in the winter was what caused him to have 'roids. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

One of the things I liked about the TO20 pan seat was that it had a high and low position. My Ford seat was only up or down, but the T020's seat has this extra hinged section that allowed the seat to be adjusted for short legs or long legs very easily. /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif

Has anyone thought about the fact that the paint on those metal panels is really plastic? I know that's not the real intent of this thread, but plastics have been used in paints for years and we have some pretty advanced coatings that can easily last for 20 years or more with proper care. Of course, some of the old Fords used aluminum panels instead of steel. I think some of those were not painted at all.

 

[markct]

</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have never met a plastic yet that won't get brittle with age.
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i agree that plastics on cars and tractors is a bad thing, i dont like it at all, but as for your mention of plastics getting brittle, my father used to bring home these blue plastic barrels from his work, some sorta water treatment chemicals for boilers came in them, and thos things are indestructable, some we have had out in the sun for 15 years or more now, and they are just as good as new, and i have used pieces of them to make fenders for go carts, mini bikes etc, and they will take a heck of a beating and spring back, never crack even in extreme cold, i wish they made more stuff outa this type of plastic, but i imagine its expensive

 

[Syncro]

Hey Mark, those blue plastic barrels glow in the dark?? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif