the showman

Keep being asked for some photos so here's a few.

Thanks Charlie, t will take a while yet until it's finished.. But it will be worth the wait
 
 
A bit more progress today with one of the front wheels almost finished..
 
Two new wheel centers, can you spot which one is finished?
 

 
 
It slots into the wheel like so from the inside.
 

 
 
And looks like this from the outside..
 

 
 
A close up for you.. I couldn't be happier with the fit
I need to grind a V shape into the two parts of the wheel to give me something  to fill full of weld.. Once the weld is cleaned back you won't know it's not original.. Until you look at the inside of course
 

 
 
The wheel is a nice tight fit on the wheel hub..
 

 
 
I have also been thinking about the front brakes.. There is just enough room to get a Kwakasaki Gpz 305 caliper and a small brake disc inside the wheel, though I have a feeling I might need to make my own brake discs!!  Has anyone ever tried it and did they work?
 

Keep being asked for some photos so here's a few.

Keep being asked for some photos so here's a few.

Keep being asked for some photos so here's a few.

I like to think I make a small contribution

Found some big mud guards mate, their gonna look good.
You'll have to stop Dennis peeing through the crack in the door

I like to think I make a small contribution

wasnt talking to u paul, we are moderators we just do it for the power :D

had an about turn on this   did"nt like the tractor mudgaurds on this so ive gone for trailer gaurds the lump of box that you see is just there to hold them in place and will be cut off later i will be building a box between them, this should give the 1947 look that i have in mind
 

Thanks James

Looks a nice bit of kit Paul, easy engine to work on, what's your plan with it ? Wipe over with an oily rag if it were mine,
will look forward to seeing it in the flesh, and having a drive

I stumbled across this video while browsing YouTube and thought you all might like to see it.. It looks a bit of a handful to drive but does a great job
 

 
 
Lot's of other strange machinery on the Tractorspotter channel as well, like this tulip bulb harvester....
 

Fantastic machines. Thanks Ian.

Iam not really a Bolens person, but I like that!, looks a heavy bit of kit

You mean one like this?
 
http://claz.org/classifieds/view/6eawl041zpj
 
I've lusted after one, but have resisted because I really don't have enough lawn or area to clear snow to make it practical.
 
That's a 72" mower on the front, and I think that the snow caster is 60".
 
They were for commercial use or for LARGE estates.

Good man, only difference is I put my paint in a bucket of hot water

Good man, only difference is I put my paint in a bucket of hot water

With the threat of cold weather coming I thought I had better saw some wood up.

Went to a stationery engine gas-up local to me today, apart from the  small engines there were a couple of big one's set up and running in the barn. 
In the corner was a Kinkade garden tractor that took my eye never seen one before, had two steel wheels on the front with one having a Villiers engine inside it, it had a tool frame with all the kit, plough. tines, ridger ect.
there was even a couple of seeders hanging from the roof.

It must have been cold in your workshop, ive never seen Nigel move so fast

Yeh iam in the UK, near Brighton, I have 20 in my collection but not all for sale, I just like buying them, but sometime's sell the odd one

It must have been cold in your workshop, ive never seen Nigel move so fast