the showman

Ii amazes me what the human being is capable of doing
 

looks like a right mixture, perhaps I've owned it before  

Its a 1980 C120, been standing for a while, has a handy attachment bracket on the rear axle and a 42 inch deck which  has the tin worm, there was a trailer frame that ended up in the van and a bag of spare belts and blades and a new exhaust.

After having a sort out and finding 14 tractors, I thought I would downsize my collection. Had a phone call yesterday offering me another wheelhorse and I thought might as well have 15, just one more wont make any differance

Here's a few photo's of it hung together to see if it works !

The sun is shinning, my camera is charged, van loaded, and my nosh bag full of munchys.
what more do you want on a sunday morning.  

Thanks again Nigel.
 
 I finally got around to taking a short video. I'll try, and get one of it tilling soon. I also took a couple pics of this beast next to my WH C-160 for a size comparison. This Case is so much larger than my other garden tractors. Although the C-160 is a 16hp, and the case is only a 14hp, its physically a much bigger machine. Hope you like the short video. Thanks
 
Matt
 

Good work Ian : thumbs:

Here's a couple more

when I had finished this part I made up a rear lift and had it hooked up to the skip ram, but it didn't work to well so moved the ram to the front and fitted the dozer blade.
the next work to do will be new rear roller bearings, a nice shinny paint job, new rubber tracks and maybe swap the kobota engine for a kohler. I don't know when this will be as each time I get it out I just want to drive it  

started the holder up today first time in 6 months and let dennis ride it around the yard will finish the wiring tommorow, its got a few teething problems to sought out after fitting new injectors and glow plugs it seems very hard to start from cold i hope its just air and not the pump starts ok once its warm
 

it all has a price ian, sounds like you need to come down for a visit

Here's a couple more

Here's a couple more

Here is my Gutbrod 1032 fitted with modified rake  working on gravel road it seems to work well also logs for the fire

had some time spare today and it being so nice I had a bit of Horse-play. got most of the tractor together now, I forgot how many parts there are.
the chap I got it from really stripped it even took the valves out of the tyres. I had some track-rods in stock so fitted them and will keep the stainless ones for a project. here's a couple of todays progress.

had some time spare today and it being so nice I had a bit of Horse-play. got most of the tractor together now, I forgot how many parts there are.
the chap I got it from really stripped it even took the valves out of the tyres. I had some track-rods in stock so fitted them and will keep the stainless ones for a project. here's a couple of todays progress.

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

Touch my Wheelhorse........i'll kick your butt.  

Well, I got the rest of this beast painted today!   Got all the sand colored parts painted today, or actually the correct Case name for this color is Desert Sunset. I managed to get all these parts painted right before it started raining. The paint turned out pretty well, but it wouldn't be one of my paint jobs if something didn't land in my paint!   You'll notice in one of the pics, there is a small green leaf in the paint on my hood.   I decided not to mess with it today, as I usually just make things worse when I try to remove things when the paint is still wet. Anyway, here are a few pics. Thanks
 
Matt

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

Touch my Wheelhorse........i'll kick your butt.  

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

The next day i spent a while working out how i could operate the gearstick from the front. looking at the gearbox / front axle i noticed that it was held on with u bolts, simple all i had to do was turn the engine and transmission around the other way, so the next 4 photos so the progress

had a couple of hours this morning so started to unload the van and sort out the parts.
nice surprize to find it had new stainless  track-rods and rose joints.