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    Posted: 03 Jan 2012 at 6:48pm
Hey guys, finished this one up at 2 in the morning on thanksgiving day. I tried to keep everything as orginal as I could. This tractor belonged to my great grandfather who bought it on September 11, 1953 for 1145 dollars. It is still 6v volt and besides a good cleaning and getting the armature cleaned up, the generator is original. It is believed that this tractor only has around 1500 hours on it. Sat in an open shed all of its life and my great grandfather painted over rust whenver there was any. So underneath the paint was a lot of pitting and wirewheel work. I did not touch the engine since it doesn't smoke and runs great. I started on it in 2006 as a side project, and I've gotten most of the work done outside of college in this past year. I'm curious what you guys think of the color of the paint.











This was taken 15 years ago when I was 4 years old



This one was taken in 1957. Plowing up potatoes



The original sales receipt. The tractor was $1615 and the two bottom plows were $180. He traded in a C and cultivators and got 650 for them which knocked the price down to $1145.














http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewnRlZjHTxY


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Very nice.  Congratulations on a nice family heirloom.
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Looks good! Lot of work put into that.
Like the fact that you have the history to go with it. That just makes it that much more valuable(to you). Got the original sales receipt for my grandad's C. Take care of it.
 
I didn't do it! It was a short, fat, tall, skinny guy that looked like me!
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I forgot to put the link to the video in, it is now included in my original post. I have also taken videos of my progress over the last several years. That is on my channel as well. Thanks to everybody that followed my progress 
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Neat!   Remember to make sure the park brakes are good.   lol
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Again, Great Job Brandon!
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Fantastic.
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I think it looks pretty sweet , good work.
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Very Nice. What Paint did you use?
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Nice! i've seen a couple of your videos on youtube also! What a coincidence I found you on here!
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Outstanding!! Great before and after pictures. I love the CA's.
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Very Nice work!!
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Purdy!
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Brandon you have done an AWESOME job! Congrats!!!! Dana
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Looks Great!  A real nice piece of family history.  Paint looks good.  must have been a lot of cleaning to getr the oil and grime off.  Did you sand blast or only wire wheel?
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Looks Great!  A real nice piece of family history.  Paint looks good.  must have been a lot of cleaning to getr the oil and grime off.  Did you sand blast or only wire wheel?
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I used NAPA martin senour paint, used a code that nobody has tried (that I know of). I actually used the pressure washer to clean her off, then used brakleen to get some of the leftover stuff off. The rear end was sand blasted, and everything else was wire wheeled. Most of the parts that I took off I sandblasted, but the main frame of the tractor was wire wheeled
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VERY good job! And for the color, Looks dang good!!
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Fine job on a fine machine ! Obvious it came from a good family.
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You got one heck of fine tractor there. The work that goes into a job like that can only be appriciated by someone who has done one to that extent. Enjoy it.
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You must of used a lot of cans of Brakleen! Very cleaver idea to use that break cleaner since it really does not leave a residue.

Edited by oldchalmersiron - 03 Jan 2012 at 8:59pm
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Originally posted by oldchalmersiron oldchalmersiron wrote:

You must of used a lot of cans of Brakleen! Very cleaver idea to use that break cleaner since it really does not leave a residue.


Think I used about 3 cans.
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I like it.  It looks very very good.  It is obvious that you took your time and did a first class job on that restoration.................
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Very nice job, looks great.
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Looks great!  Wanna do mine next?  LOL
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Wow! super great job. Very nice. Way to go.
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Very nice and for you a one of a kind cuz it's your grand daddys--!!
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Your Grandaddy must be smiling from ear to ear. Great job; I like ther paint.
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AWESOME JOB. I NEED LESSONS FROM YOU. GRANDPAS IS SOMWETHING SPECIAL TO BOOT.
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Nice job Brandon! She looks great!!
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