Toma

And one more photo with the engine mounted.
The engine of course has been overhauled

On 8/31/2020 at 2:54 PM, WestwoodW8Gazelle said:

Well done Tomas, looks great! I haven't seen a restored Westwood that original! 

For you ... forward view

On 8/7/2020 at 8:40 PM, nigel said:

That is luverly I hate to think of the cost though Tomo

What paint have you used ?

Nigel,
There's a powder coating. Of course, everything is sandblasted beforehand.

First walk, still without engine. The armchair will also be refurbished

Hmm, is this deck old ?

The paint was very good, in some places it didn't want to go down when sandblasting. Overall, the 37-year-old condition was well preserved, perhaps thanks to the user.
I love these tractors, I use newer Countax on a daily basis, but the older Westwoods are great.

Thanks all.
Listen, guys. This is your British product and it's supposed to look like your factory made it. It's supposed to be original :)

All the stickers in place, I'm waiting for a painted engine.

The whole consists of two parts. The first part is secured to the engine by a small screw, and the second part is screwed to the tractor by the muffler. Both are inserted one into the other and fastened with a clamp.
This can be easily removed.

Slowly, slowly forward. Now there will be mounting the gearbox and engine

Thanks We'll see how it goes.

19 hours ago, Toma said:

First elements came back from the paint shop. I'm waiting for the rest and start folding.
 

14 minutes ago, meadowfield said:

yours looks like mk3, we've done quite a few sets of 8hp 28"

 

Assume it has lights on the dash? - hard to tell from the pic...

Yes, he has lamps.

 

2 hours ago, meadowfield said:

reading the brochure...  Only 3 models on Mk2 . W8R, W8E and W11E - all 36" deck.

 

So when did 28 and 32" decks become options?  Mk1 or Mk3?

 

I have a W8 from 1983 (undergoing renovation). There is a 28" deck there and it was like that from the beginning.
 

On 5/4/2020 at 8:51 AM, Yorkshiresfinest said:

I'm still trying to find out what model mine is. There is nothing on it apart from gazelle. 

My other one is a gazelle w8 with the rear exhaust. 

I did some googling last night and I read the Westwood orange is RAL2002 and the chassis colour is RAL7021. I'm not sure how true this is but having googled the paint codes they look similar. 

Hi,  in my topic ( Westwood W8 (1983) "Baby" - restoration) I've completed the information about colours. I have information about RAL numbers from Westwood (Ariens).
They had difficulty with 7021, because they were not sure. But in the end it's this number that matches the original.
So 2002 and 7021 are the current equivalents of colours from years of production.

I have information that may be useful to others.
The correct colour is RAL2002 confirmed in the company and all the rest is not black, but RAL 7021

Are you sure? Yeah, I like it, but it's more red underneath.

What about the rest ? Graphite or black or...

Of course, but I want to know what the original number is. Or maybe it could be useful to others.

Happy New Year from Poland for all

Who knows what RAL number the early Westwoods like mine had?
Everyone writes "Westwood orange" but it's more red in the original, although I like orange more.

The rest is graphite, not black, and everybody writes - black.
What is it like with the original colors (RAL), anyone knows ?

I guessed it was spam.
It's all right

Tomas

Hi.

I sent it on 2019-12-09 09:57:25
Maybe it was spamming?

Tomas

Hi, 
First of all, welcome all
I live in Poland and rebuild the Westwood "baby" gazelle W8 - 1983. I need stickers. I wrote an e-mail from restorationdecals.co.uk,  but I don't have any feedback.
You don't know if the stickers are still available?

Greetings
Tomas