I kept looking at replacement Allen Scythe Fingers on a website and thinking they looked the same.....had to wait to see if anyone with the knowledge would endorse it .
Wish I could have had the opportunity to have done a full rebuild on one that Alan .
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The complete machine is still at John's if you want another challenge Richard. This one will be green though, not yellow.
I see Chris appears to have a problem with his left hand on both pictures. It is either lovely attached to the Bolens or maybe he is trying to hide something.
I have the twin to John's tractor and I think they may have been separated at birth and are longing to be reunited. They have both been painted to look like Wheelhorses and both have been robbed of some of the manly Bolens features such as the PTO.
Here is a couple of pictures of it's twin which clearly shows it a Bolens
After his recent exploration of the crushed caravan, looking for long lost treasure's, Chris was determined to carry on with his new hobby of caravan diving.
This is a variation of the well known skip diving, but includes a roof in case of bad weather. As it happened it was raining anyway, so we all got a bit damp. We discovered that the roof only worked if we were under it.
After digging out two heavy bench's from the back of John's barn with help from friend Steve, plus more goody finding, Chris pleaded to be allowed to hack his way through years of bramble's and growth surrounding, or should I say burying, a pair of small touring caravans which had been used for storage.
With Chris leading the way, there was no stopping him, we hacked, clipped and chopped through to the door of the first van. Carefully opening the door which was unlocked, Chris was greeted by the sight of - - - JUNK. There was barely room for Chris to stick his head inside the doorway, the junk almost falling out at his feet.
Disappointed at not seeing anything of interest, a more thorough exploration may follow later, Chris turned his attention to the second caravan which was about 6 to 8 feet away. As the doors faced each other he opted for the direct route by tunneling through the brambles etc which he said would be the quickest way.
A short while later Chris popped up beside a locked door, which was persuaded to open with the help of a crowbar. There was room to step inside this caravan which contained various car parts and other goodie's. It wasn't long before Chris emerged with a big grin on his face, where else, holding a pair of mismatched tri rib garden tractor tires which matched a pair of mismatched tri rib tires found in John's shed a few weeks ago.
John has a strange storage system.
The junk in the first caravan probably belonged to John's brother in law, who lived on the premises before him.
A few other assorted tires plus a Honda engined generator were also extracted. More digging required in this second caravan. As it was getting late it was decided to pack up for the day and dry off before we headed home.
For the last few months, since starting to clear the Bolens Stash, there has been confusion as to whether a certain RED tractor was a Bolens or Wheel Horse.
Two MoM members, Iain who thought Bolens, and the Showman who said Wheel Horse, insisted that each was correct.
The main part of the argument was of the colour. The Showman said the Horses were red, while Iain claimed the Bolens were painted in various colours including red.
To confuse things even further, the Showman always visits in a red Sprinter, which matches the Wheel Horse colour, while Iain has turned up in either a white or grey van.
However, at long last, the argument was finally resolved today. After carefully rubbing down layers of old paint, the Showman uncovered the clearly visible name of Wheel Horse and with a "I knew I was right" grin, claimed the horse as a new addition to his collection. A couple of photo's as proof which should lay any further arguments to rest.
The Cadet 81 that has featured on this forum a bit has found a new home in sunny Sussex
I collected it from Johns this morning, lovely to see him again and meet Alan for the first time
We had a good look around but nothing else caught my eye
Tractor now home and will go to Tractorfest tomorrow
Thanks again to John and Alan, and to Mr Showman for his input
Photos show the Cadet as loaded at Johns, then on the way home, then at home, I have already found a gear knob that fits and
cleaned the tractor up a bithad
Nice to meet and chat with you today Paul, and pleased you are pleased with the Cub. Just as well you only had your small trailer, otherwise we might have sent you home with lots of stuff you didn't want. Have fun at Tractorfest tomorrow.
Another busy day at the Stash. The Showman, who else, arrived with Pam and Tracey, or was it Stacey mind gone blank, who between them dug out more junk, SORRY, I mean goodie's. Nothing RED this time though. Still LOTS of room in the sprinter when they left for home.
Chris insists on stocking up with logs every visit. He hasn't noticed they are not red yet.
John decided to have a drive too. Think he enjoyed it although his expression said otherwise.
Philip and Chris Stoneman turned up later to move the International B450 to its new home, to meet up again with it's old cell mate, the Fordson. It followed clouds of smoke and fumes out of the barn, it's prison for the last 40 or so years. It had a bad limp, the result of a rear tire having more holes than air. It only took a few minutes to reverse up to the drive before loading onto Chris's trailer. The tire decided it didn't want to be left behind and stayed on the rim.
This left another big hole in the barn with most of the good stuff now gone.
Alan, nice Westwood! That looks like a fairly solid example overall. Do you have any plans for her? I like the exhaust design on these, pretty unique.
It looks better in the photo's than it is. Could possibly be restored if someone was really keen, but probably more suitable for spares. Engine seized etc.
No plans for it other than disposal. This is one of four various Westwoods in John's collection, all in rough condition. I have more photo's if you are interested.
just when we thought it was all over. 
We would use a brush or roller this side of the pond. 
mind gone blank, who between them dug out more junk, SORRY, I mean goodie's. Nothing RED this time though. Still LOTS of room in the sprinter when they left for home.
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The complete machine is still at John's if you want another challenge Richard. This one will be green though, not yellow.