Ian

It looks in very good condition for it's age What size is the engine? It looks quite small!

A very nice hat Norm.... And no I don't want one

Keeping my fingers crossed for you, hopefully she will turn up.

Happy Birthday guy's hope your both having a good day

Sorry for your loss Noel, our thoughts are with you.

Looks like great fun, I'd have a drive any day

That's quite a collection... Me likes

I can't help but grin everytime I look at Horse Gut.. She does look good When I got into the workshop this morning I found Nigel had left me a kinda message on the bonnet!... I can't decide if Nigel was just checking he had my name spelt right or it was just a hint that I should clean the paint off or not Close up you can see how thick the paint is, you can also see how bad Nigel's writing is Most of the front of the bonnet paint free.. It was nice to see the detail coming back that was hidden under many coats.. Trying the Horse Gut for size, not bad but the seat needs to be raised a couple of inches.. Until we dropped HG down almost ground level we had never noticed how skinny it looks around the middle! Also lower makes it look longer for some reason! So I had a play with some cardboard to see if some extra material of the chassis and fender pan would improve things.... It most certainly did The fender pan needs a few tweaks to give the front a bit more angle. As Nigel will have a very full workshop for the next week, HG found her way into my workshop.. HG is only 4 inches longer than the Cammo 8 which is up for sale by the way I almost forgot!!

Thanks for that Angus, it's close. we did try to get some measurements from the seller but alas he has so far failed to come up with any! Thanks Koen, as you know we have a new main needle, float and float bowl gasket on the way so hopefully that will do the trick. A bit of a large update for you all.. With a bit of trimming the battery was made to fit in it's original postion. You can also see how the bit of WH bodywork under the dash surround is fitted.. Behind the bolts are a couple of captive nuts welded to a bracket which is welded to the chassis. No idea what this fuel tank is from, but it's a nice size.. As you will of noticed we had to cut part of the dash surround out to make the tank fit. Before you ask there will be some rubber going between the fuel tank and the battery terminals to stop and accidental shorting out from happening. The gap under the front of the dash surround needed sorting.. So a patch was cut to fit the gap.. Nigel cleaning up one of the front wheels. I think this plate came from a Wh 314 but I'm not 100% sure.. But it does make a nice heavy duty bracket for holding the fuel tank in place.. Tank and bracket upside down in this photo. I thought I'd have a play with the camera affects setting for this welding photo.. If it's not blue it's black and white We found that the welds that hold the steering column to the chassis had cracked, so as well as welding the cracks up we added a gusset to add some extra strength.. A view from the side.. From the front you can see the gusset has had a shaped plate plug welded to it.. So when the body under the dash bit slides on.. It's a perfect fit

Just looked up rocket stoves on YouTube... Very interesting

Well...... The engine still isn't running right and won't do unless we find another carb, so the search is on.. So yesterday we turned back to the bodywork.. Bonnet now mounted and with a bit of trimming we found a way to hold the dash panels in place Which also means that now we don't have to break the donor Cammo 8 up

A slightly late, Happy Birthday Steve.. Hope you had a good day

Nope, we were given the wrong information! That's the one Gav

The title says it all really, I'm in need of a Bing Carb for a Gutbrod 1032. Here's a photo of the knackered carb and engine in case it helps.

That will make a cool sign George, no idea on how to go about it though my woodwork skills are not that good!

The workshops looking good Noel, your need a rocket stove to dry the paint this time of year

That's a nice find Koen, I wonder what it was used for with no keyway or threaded hole in the crank!

That's a fantastic find, a very cool looking seat

A nice job Norm, it fit's a treat and almost looks factory

Very funny Noel, thanks for posting it

Nope, not a "making something on a lathe" thread, but a "using the best bits from two lathes" sort of thing My 80+ year old Southbend lathe has served me well for many a year and all sorts of things have been made on it, but lately it has been suffering with belt slip problems and as you can see from the photo the bench it is on is starting to bend! My other lathe is/was a TW Monoturn which to put it politely is very worn! The base is good (apart from a crack in it) and the motor is very strong.. The rest is scrap really! Strip down of the Southbend to make it lighter to move about.. A chance to give it a good clean as well.. The TW Monoturn soon looked like this.. And eventually it was reduced to a pile of parts. Rather than use the lathe base/tray legs I will be using just the tray. The bench will be strengthened a huge amount to take the extra weight of the tray and bigger motor. This is only a mock-up so the big bits of box will go and the tray mounted level on the bench once I have cut a hole for the drain bit on the tray which is lower than the rest of the tray.. The lathe and tray look good together, a good time worn match

That's a cool machine, it does well for it's size.

Nice work on the barn doors Mark, the green front door in the photo looks very small in comparison!

I think it will lift the front wheels up Nice work Norm, and much more fun than a lift cable

That looks like great fun Mark For some reason we don't seem to do "mudding" on our tractors in the UK, maybe this is the UK introduction to mudding