How much is replaced on your tractor

So I 'm sitting there on the 17 and thinking I still need to replace the tank(big dent) and maybe some other things and it occured to me  that most of the tractor  has been replaced.  I've replaced the motor, three wheels and tires, the fenders, hood, grill, radiator, wide front(old one was bent and poorly welded),side panels, seat... You get the picture, but I was wondering how much have any of you replaced on a project before you part it out. 

A hard worked Tractor is always gonna need a lot of new parts no matter what kind of Tractor and the mfr. Its a given. Tires, seat, wheels, are normal replacement items, and depending on the care the Tractor got right from jump street, a motor isn't outta' the question. Obviously, a Tractor that hasn't been taken care of is gonna have its problems once it moves through a few different owners and the years progress on it. In most cases, things on board that were fixed by cutting corners usually are still not fixed correctly as it passes through the different owners, till it hits an owner that wants to do a resto, or get those problems straightened out and make it a great working Tractor again. Its just like car owners. Some vehicles have over 200K on them and the owner has taken care of it and it still shines and runs great. Then you have the vehicle that has 70k miles on it and its ready for the boneyard.... Its a gamble. Take my early hand brake C that I have. The only thing I think that will be original on this thing will be the drivetrain, and that needs to be gone through. Wheels, tires, sheetmetal all needs to be replaced. Why? Cause' its so rusty that its falling off the Tractor. Why do I intend to keep it and restore it? Cause' I'm a knuckehead, and I like a challenge. Actually, because there wasn't a lot of em' made basically. But, I'm still a knucklehead keeping the darn thing and restoring it.   My man Tony C. has been helping me out with some nice used sheetmetal for it tho, so I'm collectin' parts for it as I go along. Can't beat that Western dry desert country sheetmetal! 

Just finished replacing practically the whole rear half of my D17 Siv with the rear half of a 170 that I had parted out....final drives, brakes. seat, drawbar, rockshaft housing, cylinders, and entire 3pt....

Lets see, as far as I know, the tin on my 17D is original except for the air stack tube, The crank, rods, and head are at least the same as when I brought it, rims are too. Tires, TB and oil gauges and the seat aren't...

I bought a non runnig D-17 diesel tractor that had been lowered for grove work in California when new. It is ready to paint as a grove tractor and the only part from the originial tractor is the torque tube with the serial number. I always seemed to have a better part in inventory.

D17 IV: new muffler, brakes, tires, power steering pulley (original somehow loosened up and was ruined), rear 3 point hitch turn buckles (stripped threads).

Many years ago, we put this load of orange on the trailer.

This was one of them. Grandpa restored this one below, Glenn's B is definetly less than this one. I always liked this picture though, kind of a 'resting place'

 

 

On my WD (used to be Dad's), the hood, grill, fenders, toolbox, both rear rims and a couple of connecting rods that got bent went we pulled it 25 years ago after it got stuck from sitting outside about 10 years.