Alan

Bit more progress to the front of the house, Hand rails cut to size and glossed white next job on Pams list is the canopy which is now 19 years old and suffered from water leaks so the wood is pretty rotted.



No prizes for guessing where the tower and ladders came from but came in handy today 

With some help from my Son and Grandson the canopy is now down and smashed to bits ready for the tip

For a change from painting everything that doesn't move during this lock down, I have had a dabble a some woodwork.
 
First to receive my ministrations, was the arch leading down to my woodyard and the pond.
The top was in a rather bad way. Not surprising really after something over ten years at least. So some scrap boards provided the sides. Some more boards, put through the saw bench, provided the slats.
 
  Next on the list was the leant I keep my Saxon trailer, Roller and lawn sweeper under.
 So off with the rotten ply roof.

 
  Couple of sheets of Stirling board. Screwed down, not nailed.

 
    Yesterday I laid the felt.

 
 Finished that by lunch time. So started on the next job. New lids for the coal bunker. Two 14ft T&G planks, obtained along with the Stirling board got cut to length. Talk about good planning. I only had 4" of scrap of each board.  Got those finished today and felted.

 
  Tomorrow I'll get the hinges and some screws. Also I need to find a couple of boards to cover the gaps either side. Stock of planks and boards is well depleted.
 
 

Well theRe wasnt room to get the calliper on the rear axle so change of plan and stuck it on the lay shaft but that is going to be spinning fast so I thought I better put a guard on it ,I now have brakes
 
 

Had to be expected I guess Chris.    Can't be many shows left to be canceled now.

Today the first three of my tractors departed for pastures new, I have sold my set of 4 MG40 and my Whitlock loader. Three of them left today so now I have a big space in my garage !!!!
Quite a unique photo not seen a full set of MG 40 as a group before.

Not that the GT14 needs it, but this will end up on the front of bendy - when I finish the hitch arms that I've been making for 2 years 
 
Here you go - the old 5 gallon water tank from the loft - filled with concrete... perfect 100lb weight that once painted red will look factory. 
 
best get that front hitch sorted...
 

After  finishing Bill & Ben Pam’s been on about her list so thought I’d do a few bits.
We had some gate post’s snapped through the winter and a hand rail but I didn’t know the gates were so rotted, I found some pallet wood that’s almost the right size so repaired all thee gates and concreted in new posts, finished off with a coat of creosote that I happened to have in stock.
Ive got to finish the hand rail but earned lots of brownie points. 

I was on facebook earlier and i saw a w8 paleface with the light cover instead of the headlights, It has the rear exit exhaust and ive never seen a westwood like this before. I restored and sold my other 2 palefaces about a year ago and practically gave up on my youtube channel (ProjectRestore) haha. This mower was breaking for spares but it seemed quite rare with some of the parts it had on it so i thought itd be worth an ask if i could buy it whole. The guy offered it me for £50 so i took it straight away! Its going to be undergoing a full nut and bolt rebuild on my channel because its very rusty which i will be doing in my shed because i find it easier to work there and it means i can be in there 12 hours a day working. The first video will go up in a few months because i want to finish my shed before i get working on it so i will attach some photos now but videos wont be going up for a while yet. (Please bare with me on videos though because im 15 yrs old so it takes a lot of saving up to afford to get parts for it lol)



Forgot to add, it came with a good condition brochure, a good condition owners manual and a mint condition engine part guide, all original!

Well I couldn’t help myself Titch from machinery decals sent me the decals for this project ( I’m made up wth them ) so I had an impulse and had to put them on even though there is still loads to do on it, what do you all think of them 😂
 
 

To reach this point to where it makes a reasonable job it has probably been built and rebuilt a dozen times 👍

Bit more done front grill done seat fixed steering wheel lowered I used a bit of metal hat used to screw to the wall to hang your tidy bins on I just cut the hooks off
 
 

Hi Alan 
          Ken has been in hiding Barbie is after him ha ha ha

Ken managed (at a safe distance) to appear out of hiding to cut my grass and display some seed drills and push hoes

Plenty of room for your lanky spindly legs Norm 😂

Well it’s funny how this is starting to look considering every part of it except the engine has come off the scrap pile, ime quite liking it, now I will make a point this is supposed to look ratty and won’t be up the the standards of the showmans or my previous builds and was never intended to be, oh yes and the steering wheel will be lower 😂
 
 

Looks good Norm.  

Brilliant job Chris.     Just the twin to finish off now.  

Job done.
 

Bill’s just about finished now, engine detailed and control cables fitted. The sediment bowls have been rebuilt with new rubbers and seals and new fuel pipe 
Decided to go with the pepper pot exhaust so pipes made and fitted, bonnet fitted and decals all done.
Many thanks to Titch at Machinery Decals for a superb job. 

Top coat of paint on. Agricultural enamel. IH red. Brush painted. Now all I have to do is wait for it to dry.
 

 

 

Exhaust done 
 
 

Wheels on my Saxon trailer have got a bit scruffy over the years. So this morning I decided to give them a freshen up.
 
  So off they came, but I think I went a tad to far.
 

 
 

Shorten one, then see if opinions change.  Or a pepperpot  for Bill and a stack for Ben  

Shorten one, then see if opinions change.  Or a pepperpot  for Bill and a stack for Ben  

Exhausting day, can’t leave the original engine silencer tucked under the hood so I’ve got 2 pepper pots or 2 stainless stack pipes which would look nice polished up and maybe a bit shorter.
Your opinions please, i like a bit of bling myself.