pmackellow

This project was something I had in my head for a while. Being a lover of Wheelhorse's and tracked vehicles having driven diggers and alike for years, I looked at a few MG's but didn't like the metal tracks 
One day a friend gave me a Wheelhorse A 90, it came from a school and had a seized engine and had been partly dismantled to stop the children playing with it, this started me thinking, all I had to do was find something on rubber tracks, narrow enough to go through a garden gate and have forward and reverse gears rather than hydromatic.
 
  
 

More progress on the Galaxy this afternoon, need to get my finger out if its going to Isfield next Sunday !!

as i was pulling out of there paul, i saw it by the back door they had just finished restoring it and were about to plug some lights in i presume it will join there display

Cracking advert Steve, good find mate

Just received this little gem today from that well known auction site very interesting as it shows the rarer hornet model.

Award ceremony over here's a few winners

Award ceremony over here's a few winners

Award ceremony over here's a few winners

hi all, entry forms now starting to come in, well done. keep em coming people . if you dont have one yet and would like to go just pm me and we will get it sorted. if you are going to the sussex meet and greet then you can also get entry forms from there as i will bring some along

I'am not to sure to use a rear fender and like the look of the fender kit used on the RJ's which I bought on one of my trips to the Wheelhorse show in PA. a bit of bodywork looks very useable, pick a gas tank, and cut the upstand the last photo of the front axle parts but you'll have to wait until tomorrow for the answer

I thought that I would keep alive the working class Horse at work in the present days
I  hope you like

Wheels and handlebar finished, cowling waiting for decals, main part of the machine to tackle next !!
 
 

Oh go on, you know you want to, go on go on GO ON !!!

The rear hitch with lower arms bolted in place.. Yep the roll bar will certainly need a bit of trimming!
 

 
 
Just to see how it would look I dug my 3 point towing frame thingy out to see how it would look... Good me thinks
 

 
 
Before chopping any bit's off the roll bar I quickly welded on this bit of bracing to stop the RB from twanging out of shape.
 

 
 
Off came the RB for a bit of surgery, first a bit of marking out..
 

 
 
Chopped..  All the opening will be plated over in time
 

 
 
That's better, the top arm "fits" now
 

 
 
It was at this point that I had had enough of trying to see what I was doing through the GT's fenders etc.. So off it all came
 

 
 
More to come in a bit, I need to get started on dinner..

 
Thanks Paul, there's plenty more to come.

Looking good Ian, I'm following this thread with interest...

Evening all here's a couple of pictures of our good mate last year just till he gets his pc up and running.
Steve.

Yes,
 
good to see your words here Chris, at least I can understand it in writing, seeing as like wot you talk different to like I does......
I'll post you a Wheelhorse decal on Monday if you like... personalised!
 
Titch

You know we all love you matey

thanks paul it fits in there great
 

This has been on the drawing board for a while now.
Started life as a sorry specimen from Surrey a few years ago.

Cue a few crates and a bit of balancing

Some RSJ

Lots of cutting

Welding and drilling

And a pivot was formed

A bit more welding

A drawing

Some more welding and cutting

And the rear subframe was finished

I was looking at the mower deck this evening and pondering how to pick out the warning notice lettering... I then had
a lightbulb moment and checking that my angle grinder had a well worn disc in it I EVER so gently tickled the paint
off the tops of the letters... don't think it came up too bad...
 
Still waiting for one or two bits of paint to dry and then the other pair of wheels and the deflector plate can go back on,
hopefully tomorrow...

All I have on the Hayter Osprey is as below, sorry no manuals, top bit of second photo upside down as it flaps over the front, so thats how its printed...
 
The engine number should be on the air filter side of the cowling, the first two digits of the third set of numbers should give you the year...

I was looking at the mower deck this evening and pondering how to pick out the warning notice lettering... I then had
a lightbulb moment and checking that my angle grinder had a well worn disc in it I EVER so gently tickled the paint
off the tops of the letters... don't think it came up too bad...
 
Still waiting for one or two bits of paint to dry and then the other pair of wheels and the deflector plate can go back on,
hopefully tomorrow...

All I have on the Hayter Osprey is as below, sorry no manuals, top bit of second photo upside down as it flaps over the front, so thats how its printed...
 
The engine number should be on the air filter side of the cowling, the first two digits of the third set of numbers should give you the year...

Top edge of deflector plate painted this evening and two wheels back on the mower deck, I can't refit the others until
the deflector plate is ready to go back on as the same bolts that are used for the wheels also attach the deflector plate
to the mower...