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Bought a couple of Esso money boxes at the show, cast iron and cheap. Also got the plaque

Last year on my annual trip down south, one of the things I returned with was this Billy Goat. There is a thread on it in Pedestrian machines. As you can see I'd been having a bit of a play with it. Today I dug it out of it's hiding place had more of a play with it. First I amputated it's back legs wheels. I then found these two pieces of scrap, plus the jaw plates removed from my Saxon trailer. They became this towing attachment for the front of the Billy Goat. Next job was a rear towing attachment. A length of 1"x1". Another of 1"x2". A couple of U bolts. Tow ball plus a spare spacer and I had this. At end of play this is how things look. There's still more to do and one or two alterations but so far so good. All made from scrap lying around, so zero cost. No Billy Goats were harmed and if needs be can be put back as was. To be continued.........

Diggers make good presses & do also help to push tyres off rims Glad to see your getting on with it

Ewan, if it's anything like your Cub Cadet resto, this will be another WH salavaged from the scrap heap. Look forward to reading more more about the project in due course.

First i started to strip the tractor down, there were many modifications which needed to be rectified. There were some splined hubs which had been made to fit, they were first to go and they revealed the state of the axles, very rusty and holes drilled in them. Next I cut off the front axle which has been welded on. Next we welded the chassis back how its meant to be and welded up the extra holes. the hood stand required some straightening, some ingenuity was needed.

I don't suppose you have a proper bottom cover for the blade eccentric/gearbox housing? It's currently got a very thin sheet of aluminium held on with cable ties at one end, as well as a lot of missing or incorrect screws. Also do you have any literature that shows this hedge trimmer at all? The engine dates to 1973. I guess there must be a lot of unidentified model 20A engines out there, as it's hard for people to find out it's an O&R or AEP engine once the original stickers have gone. David edit Apparently there are two different covers for the blade eccentric housing depending on the model, I've no idea what the difference is though. This infomation is from the parts list for the hedge trimmer with the 13A/B engine.

Hey David, I've never seen one with that engine. As you probably know, I have quite a few of those parts, including complete pull start housings and/or parts, original grips, points, condenser plus cover, NOS carb, possibly a complete gasket kit and other seals, exhaust, block, crank, piston, etc.

Hello I'm 15 and have just bought an old Trojan tractor I plan to get running and restore but I do not know the mk of the tractor could anyone help please?