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The mower that you have is a Qualcast Panther.

I'm beginning to think there could be more than I remember. Should have made a list.

I think it's a Ransome, I will have a good check later. Thank you Hillsider for pointing out it's a Qualcast Panther Dusty, dirty but everything turns as it should do.. It even comes with a grass box. £25 or offers.. Collection from Hawkhurst, Kent.

Hi Aidan, nice collection there! I really like the old MTD Lawnflite, always thought they had a really cool look.

I am new to all this and have aquired a few different old mowers over the past few years. Ill post some pics of them and you can tell me what you think and if you have suggestions id love to hear them. P.s the names Aidan

My new neighbours next door are very friendly and me being my normal helpful person that i am i offered to tidy up their drive free of charge. they were very pleased

Yet more painting! Seems like a never ending task, with all the attachments etc........ At least there's only the gearbox left to do once I get it back from having new bronze bushes fitted!

Now I'm worried.

You'll not get those square lumps in your stove, or through you saw, Chris. Best bring it up to Newby Hall for me.

Lovely bit of ash, splits real easy almost a shame to burn it

Yes and this time he got a got a bit of wood! Good stack of fire wood for next season Chris.

Well last time Doug he was trimming some ladies bush

Looks to me like your new neighbors owe you several trips to the pub and supper afterwards for all that manpower.

Deciding not to alter things to much, I cut off the folded edge of the foot plate and that has give 3/8" to 1/2" of clearance for the tyre. Next, out with the jigsaw and I opened up the hole for the fuel tank filler cap . Put everything back together and time for a photo shoot. And a comparison photo. By 'eck! Wasn't expecting that much difference. 3-1/4" difference. That throws up another problem. Getting enough ploughing depth. Maximum I will be able to get is just over 4" deep. Could be another addition to the Black Horse topic.

Drew a blank on the weights. Guess they have all be snapped up by body builder types. Got the wheels top coated today. Got told they looked like new. Then got asked when I was going to do the patio by her studio. Got them fitted as well. Spacers made and fitted to lift the fender by 7/8th". This showed up three more things to modify. (1) The hole for the filler cap needs to be opened up. You can't get hold of the cap now. (2) The tyre fouls the back edge of the foot plate. Needs the edge trimmed and/or bent forward. (3) Also the front bottom edge of the fender will need to be altered, to allow the foot plate back to be bent forward.

Make your own rear fenders Ewan, i made some for a Trojan I restored ( thread on here somewhere) I'll dig the photos out for you and load them when my internet has been repaired, its easy and cheap. you need a spare wheel well from a scrap car ( boot floor ) i used a vauxhall vectra , i can make you a cardboard template from the rowcrop that has the rear fender kit on, just mark them out and cut them to size

Thanks Neil!, That looks awesome! I like the use of the raider fender support thingy as a front bumper. Its been a while since I restored the C-121 that I bought from you and have been itching to get another Wheel Horse, I'm currently trying to source some fenders and then the next task will be to make a rolling chassis, need to narrow some wheels first

i was in the same situation as you Ewan , I wanted to have a round hood but they were rarer than hens teeth here in UK so I desided to build my own using the frame from my old commando 8 shown below , I had a hood stand ,fuel tank and other parts shipped over from US but most of the parts you have will already work for what you are trying to do . sadly I never got round to finishing the round hood and is now in bits in my work shop , Mabe one day I will get round to finishing it. good luck with your project

This project was something I had in my head for a while. Being a lover of Wheelhorse's and tracked vehicles having driven diggers and alike for years, I looked at a few MG's but didn't like the metal tracks One day a friend gave me a Wheelhorse A 90, it came from a school and had a seized engine and had been partly dismantled to stop the children playing with it, this started me thinking, all I had to do was find something on rubber tracks, narrow enough to go through a garden gate and have forward and reverse gears rather than hydromatic.

Evening all a little bit more progress done the transfers are on Cheers Mark good job there ( bff ) led lights on and wired in gauges fitted some wired in some not one head light in other will be fitted when it arrives filters changed diesel tank fitted rear load box made and fitted Cheers Sam loads of bits still left to do yet but have a look

Evening all another update another full day in the workshop still loads to do yet but the pile of bits is getting smaller

It's becoming a regular daily update rear axle and rear frame back on I've had major problems as nothing wanted to line up I don't no weather this due to the extra welding i put in and it warped or weather it got dropped st the powder coaters or the heat as warped it but hey ho with help of the drill and grinder I've managed to get it close

Here's a couple more

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

once the skip was of i just had to have another drive round before i backed it up the drive, the first photo shows where i think the seat will fit, the next shows my daughter trying out leg room, next engine cover off and the last shows the gearstick sticking out the front. all this was done on the same day august 8th 2009