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Here's the display at Tractor World where it was awarded second in class...
 
Cue photo of grinning idiot with rosette...

Chris, that's a lovely period brochure that. It look remarkably similar to the Bolens LK advertising.
The joys of this hobby is collecting the sales brochures, manuals, attachments and the tractor itself.

I am having a quick cuppa in between working on the Bolens 800. At last I got around to fitting the anmeter gauge this morning as well as greasing up all the nipples. Battery gone flat though..... Got the battery on a trickle charger so hope that will cure that little problem. Everything seem to be ok as everything moves freely and the gears engages where they should. I am now going to order some belts for this as the old ones are a wee bit frayed.
Also taken some better photos too.

Unfortunately a few could not make it, but it was a good day.

 

Bit late to this thread but welcome Rob

Hi all was such a nice day I decided to bring out my Rollo tractors for a photo shoot so here they are 

Hi & Welcome.
 
I saw that bolens on ebay???
 
Thought about it, but has I have 4, a house, baby & angry woman if I buy any more  

Just thought i would introduce myself to everyone I'm pretty new here but already love this site, I love all old machines especially old ride one and compact tractors. I have started out repairing newer machines and selling on but my real passion is anything old and vintage that needs restoring its a pleasure seeing something old and neglected taken and restored. I have just bought an old bolens which I believe is an 850 I have added a gallery and as you can see not only has some one ripped it to bits and painted it green I have quite a big job on my hands being my first restoration I intend to hopefully take it back as near to original condition as possible there a some parts missing which hopefully I can get hold of in the future....
Any tips and advice will be appreciated and hopefully some of you out there might have a few parts for sale

Got my form the other day, thanks Kev, just got to work out what to bring...

Wheelhorse wheel on your head more like !!

Don't mess with The Showman otherwise you might wake up with a Å´heel Horse Å´heel on your bed....

Lawn edger cleaned up and in the crate for Tractor World...
 
 

You'll just have to change the description on the certificate to Honda powered bike horse thingy Ian !!

You'll just have to change the description on the certificate to Honda powered bike horse thingy Ian !!

Yes, I was lucky with them; I paid £50 for them. The seller just listed it minutes earlier and I snapped them off him. He couldn't be live it. He was the same chap I bought the plough off too. I collected it from Kent a few weeks back. I smuggled them in the secret load bay of the family car. My wife commented how much better the car handles when she took over the driving enroute home. I muttered something about the importance of having the correct tyre pressure.....

Found some photos of the one I had. Andrew with the finger mower, and a brochure

That's a good deal Nigel
 
Never had to claim from them yet but can't fault their service

Last couple of bits to sort out, the lawn edger attachment and the display board...
 
 

"Norm's a lumberjack and he's ok..."

Yep...

The G14 came with a deck which I initially thought was a 42inch deck as that is want is usually fitted to a G14, but I believe it is either a 34 or 38 inch. It has some tin worn but not beyond repair. If I use the tractor for grass cutting duties it will be fitted with a 42inch deck.
 
I took lots of pictures but I am too old and slow to realise that my son photo bombed most of them and I only realised when I went to upload them, bless him.
 
I tried to take a picture highlighting all the model decals but I did not position the tractors well enough for that to work. I'll try harder next time. The horrible Howard decals have been removed from the G14 at some point in the past.
 

 
BTW. Chris, in this picture your uncle lives just over the horizon
 
Iain

I picked the G14 up today and managed to miss the worst of the weather. The seller was a lovely guy and is interested in old equipment. I pointed him to this forum.
 
A couple of pictures of the G14
 

 

 
I then had my 7 year old lad helping me for the rest of the day so I was unable to get on with anything useful. He wanted to have some tractor time so I thought it would be good to pull a couple of the working tractors out for a line up as the G14 completes a advert type picture. Left to right is a G10, G12, the new G14, H16 and HT23. No G11 as OldBuzzard has all them and Chris has all the HT20's.
 

 
 
Iain
 
 
 

Decal arrived today from Titch, in place now...
 
 

Decal arrived today from Titch, in place now...
 
 

Yep...