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Evening All, Having acquired the front blade for the RJ at the weekend i thought i'd put up a few photos of it more or less complete. The rear plough, which is a Barford Atom item, is the one that was used on the RJ by the previous owner; disc to be found. When the blade arrived home my 5 year old son was chuffed to bits; jumping around with excitement. His 2 year old sister however didn't know what the fuss was all about but joined in jumping anyway. I'll take it to a couple of shows as is before restoration starts although i don't want to end up with it in bits if i need it in any snow

Its not a Tractor, or a mower, its not even old. But this is what we've been up to lately... A drift trike is exactly what it sounds like, a trike that goes sideways sometimes. The idea is to put PVC pipe around the rear tires to help this. There's a bunch on Youtube if you want to know more. My Dad is Dutch, can you tell? I hope he doesnt see this

Hello to all. I know some of you have seen this before, sorry. Another restoration waiting to be done, an RJ58 with the possibility of plough & front blade in the future. Philip

Or Bolens Recovery.

Just won a Webb Little Wonder hedge trimmer on the bay Its got an O&R engine in it, looks a bit sad but probably saveable Will be picking it up on our way home from our holiday in Yorkshire on June 13th so will post some photos of it then

Great to meet you at the weekend Philip. The blade looks great on your RJ Can't be many blades that have done that many miles in such a short time Iain

When at Newby Hall last year, we were camped about 1/4 mile from where our exhibits where. Having three and only being able to drive one at a time, walking back and forth got to be a bit of a bind. So for this year something had to be done to save the poor old legs. They're not as young as they used to be. It's the rigor mortis setting in early. So this morning I had a scrat about. One Westwood front axle and wheels, some 2" box section, surplus ladder racks and the result you can see below. Still ramps to make yet.

Looking very nice Ewan, you done a great job on the steering wheel, it looks new!! Tom

Just watched some of the videos. I'm NOT telling number 3 grandson. But what fun.

Your biased though.

dutch people rock

Thanks Alain. I to am glad they're up running again. Thanks Norm. I was very happy to get an NR6 in my Model N collection. Thanks to it, I'm one step closer to completing my Model N collection. Matt

If I can persuade a chap in Blandford to sell me one I will. But then I know a wee boy who could make me one!!!

I used the same milliput to repair the steering wheel on my suburban , it's a great universal putty and is good to work with. Nice job of steering wheel Ewan

At the garden machinery dealer in Hindhead

Got a few of the Wheelhorse 's out this afternoon for a bit of grazing and sunshine

Thanks, it's the shipping that kills it, $14 shipping, I'll wait till I start restoring it properly and I might consider it, I used this epoxy,

We'll set up a live video link

Thanks Mark, paint is on the way. Thanks Norm.. Yes I did have to look up gradely Kylie you say.... Can she weld? Thanks mate, it looks even better now it's not silver I didn't take many photos Tuesday as it was quite boring stuff.. The day started with making lots of these small plates.. To cover over these sort of bits on the chassis.. And the day finished with a red oxide chassis The welding is 99% done, just a few small detail bit's left to do.. Wednesday the engine frame got the treatment.. Some final welding and a bit of smoothing out.. Here the frame is fitted to the engine so I could make a mount for the coil pack.. It always amazes me how a quick coat of paint can change how something looks... A red metal sculpture Engine and a few other bits bolted back on.. The wheels were only thrown on to see how the front end looked.. They will be coming back off to fit the new tires/tyres. A close up of the front end... Me likes how it looks Before the rear axle could go back on I had to pull it apart again! The mounting holes needed to be made slightly bigger but the brake backing plates were in the way stopping me getting the drill in... So it was easier just to pull the axles out to get the backing plates out the way. I also needed to drill a small breather hole in the top of the axle and fit a jiggle pin.. A jiggle pin is a small split pin that's a loose fit in the hole.. The idea is the pin jiggles about and stops the breather hole from getting blocked up..

Ewan has been helping me this week whilst I've been at work The exhaust heat shield is now done The front hitch is well underway And the rear 3 point is painted and has check chains Wired the front lights when I got home, not much to do now for Newby

You can never have to many, Pam has other ideas

I like the road registered one. Very handy. But far to many for one man.

It's looking like our entries for our favourite show in august have not been accepted, so I might well be joining you.... I'll start saving up now! Thanks Ian Thanks!I work in London all week, and get a few days at home to play... But all that time driving and in hotel rooms gives me plenty of time to dream the ideas up. It's actually 5 years since I thought about it, and two years since I started