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07-22-2018, 09:43 AM | #51 | |
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Re: 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor Restoration
It's call Tartar Red...and what's prescribed by Avery afiscionados as the correct factor color. Looking at my basement you won't think it, but I'm not big on red. But I like this too. Thanks!
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07-22-2018, 07:59 PM | #52 |
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Re: 1946 B.F. Avery Model A Tractor Restoration
I wonder what they were trying to achieve with rubber bushings, because it is still metal to metal connection to the frame and the bell housing bolts straight to the frame?
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07-22-2018, 08:54 PM | #53 |
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Looks great!
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....it's probably vibration. I don't know any engineers and the guys who drew it up are dead. I'm sure there's a solid reason...but at the end of the day I'm just a guy excited about finding septuagenarian rubbers.
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09-04-2018, 08:07 AM | #55 |
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Eric fabbed this exhaust bracket with nothing to go on except two pics of the complete tractor in the original manual (no close ups or part specific pics). Very difficult to discern. A lot of research and questioning of old timers...but in the end just staring at 1mm of real estate on a 72 year old book. I engaged experts on her cousins (Oliver, Cletrac) to no avail. Maybe someone who stumbles on this thread can offer more info on this part. Even though the exhaust manifold would have been painted red from the factory...I couldn't stand to see the paint burn off, so we ceramic coated it cast gray. Just like the exhaust on the Blazer.
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09-04-2018, 08:09 AM | #56 |
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She got loaded up and shipped back to Eric's for final paint on the block and other loose end paint work.
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09-04-2018, 08:14 AM | #57 |
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She's pretty much all red now.
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09-04-2018, 08:17 AM | #58 |
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Advanced Electrical Rebuilders in Michigan rebuilt our generator, starter and distributor. Almost all NOS Autolite stuff. Stamped new plates and based on internal wear confirmed this was a low hour piece of equipment--of course it was up to Eric to make it red.
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Looking good...
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One more quick shout out to Jason at AER. The restoration of these pieces was over the top. He even powder coated them. It was almost heresy to paint them.
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First class all around!
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09-04-2018, 05:28 PM | #63 |
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Beautiful. I'm betting that the paint wasn't that nice when the factory got through building it.
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09-05-2018, 09:29 PM | #64 |
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Very nice! Your paying exceptional mind to detail on this old work horse!
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Impressive AER powder coated the components they rebuilt. Looking really nice.
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I think it's beautiful. A lot nicer than the factory ever did
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Thanks guys. Yes the paint is a bit better than factory I think.
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Ceramic coated manifold.
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A lot of assembly on Saturday...basically all day. Got to the end and filled her up with fluids, hit the button and nothing. Eric very quickly diagnosed it as a ground problem. A price paid for paint on every surface. We called it a night, Eric added a ground strap on Monday we fired her off last night. It was all that 6V battery wanted...we didn't get too many turns out of it before it went soft. We didn't test it when we got it and I wonder if it had gone weak on the shelf. Though candidly this motor is probably tighter than factory. The best part of the whole thing was, after a few turns with no result, my daughter asked to give it a try. It fired right off when she hit the button. There was no doubt who this horse belongs to.
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Nice!
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That is beautiful, makes me wish I had been there when it fired up. The generator and starter looked good but were they painted red from factory? I was thinking that usually the starter and generator were black and not painted engine color, like on cars.
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Man this thing is so sweet!!
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Thanks.
Double Thanks. This was an original paint tractor. Everything was painted red except for the steering wheel and the rear rims. I don't know if they "roughly" taped off the Autolite tags, or just wiped off the wet paint. We obviously detailed it beyond that. We didn't paint any rubber or wire looms...which was done from the factory.
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Looks great! When most of us look at the second picture, we imagine the first picture. Easy to imagine, hard work to get there. Well done!
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It's mostly fun work though. But thank you--I appreciate those kind words.
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