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Got my tiller mounted on the back of my Raider 12 today, photos coming shortly

With rural past times happening, I relised I didn't have any thing to take , so I had this little tractor hanging about so I found an engine of the shelf for it and gave it a quick tidy up , it should be ready just foot plates and a few bits and bobs to do I don't think I will be doing any ploughing with it though

As the Showman has not yet put the other video's on utube, ( he must be extra busy hiding firewood from Pam ) the next stage was to make up the side panels. First were the chassis extensions. These were made 5/8" deeper than the chassis box section, to give scale depth, with an extra 1/2" added top and bottom for folding over. The bottom fold was to give extra strength and also to help stop the skin of my hands from being attacked by what would have been a sharp edge while constantly reaching under during the build. This can be seen on the photo's. A right angle bend followed by tapping over then finished by flattening in the brake press. This brake press, with a capacity of about 24" was found by the Showman during the clear out at friend John's place. He also finds things which are not RED. Old but effective especially with the 1mm approx alloy sheet used for the panels. These panels were, we think, either from old buses or maintenance vehicles. John had a friend who worked for a local bus company. These were large panels with the remains of paint and lettering, some with cut outs which could have been vents. Whatever they were they were recycled and put to good use. The chassis side extensions were followed by the wider upper panels, two long next with the shorter top two having a slightly angled rear edge. These top two, marked out and bent up as a pair, overlap the lower ones like the full size and are folded over at the rear. All shown just loosely fitted along with the upper rear panel.

Since the chassis and gearbox are now operational i thought i would take a look at the bonnet which was in a very bodged state, fibreglass had been used to reinforce the metal and i thought it must've been in a bad condition underneath all the filler, I managed to file the filler off which revealed just what a state the bonnet was in and then the fibreglass which was on the underside just peeled off as it was stuck to paint and rust. Before photos After some filing The only way to fix it was to cut the whole section out and weld in fresh metal, it took some bending to make a piece that would fit but its worked well and its now very strong.