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Kiwi 
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 1:50am |
Hi All just want to know what you all think I have a B I am restoring when I got this tractor it had M.O.A 4892 LYTTELTON GROSS 297 LBS DIM 9X40X40 CUFT 6FT 4 INS No 1143 printed on the wheel centers must be something to do with the shipping as LYTTELTON is our local port do I put the printing back on or leave it off 
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john(MI)
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 9:44am |
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It's your tractor so it's up to you. On the other hand, that print makes it historically correct, that is something very different. Since those are our units and measures, one may think that it came from the factory that way, which would make it correct to leave it.
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Greg (Hillsboro, OH)
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 12:01pm |
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I know it would look odd with the rest of the tractor restored, but i think i would leave those wheel centers ORIGINAL and not refinish them. If you were to re-create those words, then they would look added and be no link to the history of the unit.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 2:00pm |
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297 pounds is probably the weight of the tire / rim / hub assembly ... 9 x 40 x 40 is the size it takes up when stacked / stored... ( 9 inches wide) about 40 inch dia ( wide-height).. No 1143 is probably counting the units as shipped.
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Dusty MI
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 4:06pm |
 Greg (Hillsboro, OH) wrote:
I know it would look odd with the rest of the tractor restored, but i think i would leave those wheel centers ORIGINAL and not refinish them. If you were to re-create those words, then they would look added and be no link to the history of the unit. |
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PaulB
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Posted: 11 Jun 2020 at 6:37pm |
Greg (Hillsboro, OH) wrote:
I know it would look odd with the rest of the tractor restored, but i think i would leave those wheel centers ORIGINAL and not refinish them. If you were to re-create those words, then they would look added and be no link to the history of the unit. |
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GreenOrange
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Posted: 24 Jun 2020 at 12:41pm |
I'm a fan of leaving things original too, but the choice is obviously yours. I noticed at a recent auction there was a restored Deere with similar markings from export/import. Thought I'd share:
Edited by GreenOrange - 24 Jun 2020 at 12:44pm
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