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Now I’ve got some skip tin I started making the side panels. I’ve made cardboard templates for the tool tray and the near side panel which is shorter than the original. I marked the tin and cut it with a jigsaw as snips weren’t strong enough, easy to bend with the brake press in the vice. One made just gotta drill some holes.

They don’t have cast iron seats Andrew, they have pressed steel and I’ve got the odd one or six . I have found a pair and will use them.

I would say it will be very hard to find one,I had one and if you put in a search on here ime shough you will find my posts when I did a full restoration on it, I only know of 2 in the uk, there are plenty of huffy surburbans in the uk though He are some picts before resto and after

Just happened to be on the auction site yesterday while looking for something else and low and behold this was on there too. The auction was ending soon when I saw it so figured I'd take a stab at it. Pleasantly surprised to win one since these 400 models are pretty rare to come across even though I need another generator like a hole in the head. Guessing it needed too much work for most people since it went fairly cheap for what it is. Luckily, I have all the stuff to make this complete. Hopefully didn't outbid any of you guys

I do enjoy reading your posts Chris and especially seeing how you work out what you need to do at each stage. The template is a case in point. There's a lot to be said for the old school mechanic in these days of parts fitters.

Personally I think the Suburban fenders you have offered up, will look a lot better with the Round Hood. Do you still have the cast iron seats to go with it?

While i was having a cuppa and a mince pie i came up with another idea, I borrowed the rear fender kit off my Suburban to see how it looks. Now i only have one original fender so do i make 4 8inch wheels, or 2 tool trays and 4 fenders. How hard can that be .

Managed to get some shed time today while Pam was at the stove. Ive offered up the side panels and fitted the rear hubs and wheels, I wanted to fit the 12 inch wheels instead of the 8 inch as they had rotted away but in doing so I’ve got to lift the rear fender over 3 inches to get clearance and it looks out of place.

Just got to wire it up andsort the mower deck out now thanks to Titch for the decals, top job once again