Carson's C-121

Well the camera doesn't seem to think the wheels should be ivory, or they should be shiny like a new car.  It also thinks the floor should be really dirty in some pics.  Oh what I would give for a camera that doesn't think, it just takes real pics...  

The first pic also has the slot hitch to the left of the wheels that was blasted + repainted to match the rest of the tractor today.

The last pic is the closest and it's in the shadows, but still too white and not even close to glossy.

 

Post #1.  3 posts today.

This morning was nice so the front wheels got painted and the dust knocked off of the new front tires. The rear wheels will be ready for tires beginning of next week. They are dry now but not dry enough to stretch a tire over.

 

Post #2.

I have 2 different sets of lug nuts on the wheel.  I also have black just like the open hole short chrome but they don't look as good as chrome on the Ivory wheel, but they look good on silver wheels.  I stock those 3 types here.  Which one do you prefer Carson, or would you like for me to bring in something different?

 

Post #3.

I also got the new belt guard piece made that was broken on the new belt guard.  That took quite awhile.  It has to go where the old one was but not on top of the original piece.  Without cutting the old piece out the drive belt will rub on it, and just welding a small piece to the top won't be as strong as it should be.  It's a tricky thing to do but I've done plenty of them before.  The new mount is a little bit wider and taller so it will be stronger but it is made from the same 1/16" thick steel.  I used a lower mount off of an old cut up original belt guard that you can see in the 1st and 3rd pics.  Grandpas guard is the same so I used it for a pattern since it was closeby.  When finished the original spot welds will still show on the top side and only we will know it has been repaired.  

 The last pic is where everything stands now.  The new piece will get blasted and welded in early tomorrow morning when it's nice and quiet around here.  

 

Finished up the belt guard this morning.  If you're wondering why the welding clamp is on the c clamp holding the new piece on it's because I have plastic jaws on the vise to keep from making any marks on the belt guard (pic#2).  You can see the penetration marks on the top but they are smooth and won't show when painted.  The hole looks a tiny bit high as well but some of it is camera angle and some of it is the hole is a little bigger due to the iron worker punch size.

Turned out well.  

 

She's starting to look pretty fancy now.  

 

Hello Gene it’s Carson, I was just wondering if the tractor is finished because I’ve noticed you haven’t put up a post in a while. If it’s not done it’s not a problem, I was just curious.

Geno wrote:

Well we've run into some real trouble here.  I didn't even think that the 78-79 had it's own rear fender.  I've restored these model years before but nothing nowhere near this bad, or bringing it up to this caliber so I never gave it a thought.  I went over grandpas with the blaster and it's pretty rough, even has some rust holes appearing through the metal.  I only have one and it's not much better than yours.  My blaster setup is setup to use better parts and remove paint.  I can turn it up and remove some rust patches but not something that is all rust like this.  Normally the part would be replaced with a better part like it but I don't have that option here.  

The first pic shows the 2 styles used in 1980 up tractors, I have tons of them and any of them would work but not be correct.  I also have tons of 77 and below rear fenders but they will not work.  In 78 + 79 they had a wider front for the wider console, the rear gas tank setup, seat flip, and dual tail lights unlike previous models (2nd + 3rd pics).  

I'll give you a call shortly.  



 

I made the above post on July 8th along with pics of what was going on and called and talked to you and your dad about options.  I've been waiting for a reply on what to do.

 I also made a post 4 before this one on July 10th asking about lugnut styles and showing pics or asking if you wanted something different.  I'm waiting on a reply to that one as well.

We decided to get the fender and hood restored up here and as for the lug nuts, I like the ones that have the cover over the top of the threaded piece.

Thanks Carson.  

Just to be sure it's the ones on the left of the pic below right?