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I think there's/was some one round Morecombe/Heysham/Lancaster that refurbished steering wheels.
 

Thanks to Chris who mentioned Harry was selling it and to Harry for selling it to me I am now the proud owner of an RJ-58. It needs a lot of work and parts but i'm looking forward to this restoration!
 

 

 

 

I think Chris Sutton may have one or two.

Interesting clutch and chain drive arrangement. Good luck with it. You'll now end up with an original instead of a reproduction.

Thanks to Chris who mentioned Harry was selling it and to Harry for selling it to me I am now the proud owner of an RJ-58. It needs a lot of work and parts but i'm looking forward to this restoration!
 

 

 

 

My mate Simon had a clinton engine for sale. I will ask him if he still has it

Glad you done a deal for this. Be interesting to see what you will do with it.
 
Can you get a V8 under the hood??

Thanks to Chris who mentioned Harry was selling it and to Harry for selling it to me I am now the proud owner of an RJ-58. It needs a lot of work and parts but i'm looking forward to this restoration!
 

 

 

 

Thanks to Chris who mentioned Harry was selling it and to Harry for selling it to me I am now the proud owner of an RJ-58. It needs a lot of work and parts but i'm looking forward to this restoration!
 

 

 

 

Thanks to Chris who mentioned Harry was selling it and to Harry for selling it to me I am now the proud owner of an RJ-58. It needs a lot of work and parts but i'm looking forward to this restoration!
 

 

 

 

One of the worst parts on this Gem is the condition of the rear rotor covers. The fold where the
two main covers meet is missing as is the rear soil flap. They could be repaired but to get looking
real right would probably take me weeks. Another option is to purchase a new set off Standen's
however these come in at nearly £300 a set! In-keeping with my strict budget for this project, Ive
dug out a second hand set off a Dowdeswell 650 that I broke up a few years ago. (this machine
had a knackered gearbox so I sold the engine for more than I paid for the whole machine so these
covers don't owe me a penny).
Tonight Ive started the laborious task of stripping the paint off them. I also treated the rust with
some prep and ready that I purchased off Frost a few years back, its the best rust killer that ive
ever found.

Quite a little collection of these you're getting together now Paul 

Yes mate something different for a small display

Here is a little guide as to what it supposed to look like , this model has the black rear wheels & silver front wheels .
these little tractors were actually built buy Cecil Pond himself .
 
 

Wow , I'm delighted my little baby is is on the operating table  this little tractor used to belong to the Straight from the horses mouth author  Michael Martino  and if I remember rightly he said it was a He , 

Its been a long time since I restored my last Wheel Horse so I thought it was time for another challenge. I have long wanted a Wheel Horse round hood tractor but as they are rare in the UK I thought I would build my own. Whilst browsing that well know auction site the other day I saw that someone was selling a Lawn Ranger hood and so I placed a bid and won it , since that and the fenders are about the only parts we can't make or easily source I was very happy. So here is the build thread, as I am at university this project is going to be a summer project and I am hoping some of you fellow members will be able to help me out with measurements and maybe some parts. 
 
Here is a picture of what i'm hoping to build, i'm not sure whether it will be a 704 or a 654 yet, probably the one with the easiest engine to source.
 

 
First of all, does anyone know what thickness/ gauge of metal was used for the hood stand/ sheet metal work?
 
Thanks Ewan

Two more Turbairs turned up today, one is O&R powered the other one is a later model called a Turbair Fox.
 

The carbs had a quick (very quick) clean up before being hit with some black paint.
For some reason the engine when in the trike never had a choke cable fitted, but it was quite easy to fit the original quad cable to the carbs.
 

 
 
Carbs fitted.
 

 
 
The throttle cable had seen better days and decided to snap! Looking at this "unsnapped" section of it I'm surprised it had held together for as long as it did!
Another thing for the shopping list!
 

 
 
Tank and seat plonked back on..
 

 
 
The reason for fitting the tank was to work out if I needed to re-position the fuel tap.. As it turned out the original tap position was spot on, it's just a shame someone had cut it out to fit it to Why Not's tank!
 
 
 
 
The plan was to cut this tap off the trikes tank and graft it onto MadTrax's tank..
 

 
 
Well... That was the plan until I found the tank still had some petrol in it!   I guess it still is the plan, it will just have to wait a few day for the tank to air out..
 

 
 
Some funky airbrushing.. Looks like a previous owner had a thing for Iron Maiden
 

 
 
 

A little RJ update, she (Is it a she Neil?) has moved onto my bench ready for work to start on it Friday, it's a kinda joint mini project with Nigel..
It's going to be interesting working on such an old and fine machine
 

 

 

Its been a long time since I restored my last Wheel Horse so I thought it was time for another challenge. I have long wanted a Wheel Horse round hood tractor but as they are rare in the UK I thought I would build my own. Whilst browsing that well know auction site the other day I saw that someone was selling a Lawn Ranger hood and so I placed a bid and won it , since that and the fenders are about the only parts we can't make or easily source I was very happy. So here is the build thread, as I am at university this project is going to be a summer project and I am hoping some of you fellow members will be able to help me out with measurements and maybe some parts. 
 
Here is a picture of what i'm hoping to build, i'm not sure whether it will be a 704 or a 654 yet, probably the one with the easiest engine to source.
 

 
First of all, does anyone know what thickness/ gauge of metal was used for the hood stand/ sheet metal work?
 
Thanks Ewan

Get dad to pick it up.

Shame to see old buildings fall into disrepair like that. Far more character than the modern dog kennels.

Hi All
Some engines at the clubs crank up also pics of old buildings that are part of estate make them black and white to give age

If you ask Harry nicely he maybe able to help.
 
He got a rolling chassis of a small round hood which he mumbled about sell the other day when I saw him
 
Dont think it got fenders but sure it had a hood

This is my new project, a Sachs Diesel Howard Gem. I wasn't going to do anymore Gems for a while,
however through my Website I was offered this one totally free of charge, and whats more its a runner!
I've decided to restore this one on a limited budget, - ideally under £100,as in the past I've tended to
get carried away with my machines, I think Keri would have a fit if she saw what I spent on G206.
It arrived in my yard today, upuntil then I hadn't even seen it. I was pleasantly surprised by how good it
is. If it hadn't already been repainted, I may of left it as it was.