LOL. Let me tell you about the tractor my brother and I "restored" last winter.
Some time in the early 60's, we bought two mostly stripped junk pile 22-36 IH tractors at a farm auction, Seems to me we paid only $20-$30 for the pair and drug them home to the farm junk pile on the hill, where they laid 40 years until last winter. Brother was a bit bored and wanted something to putter around with in the shop on long winter days. He got the idea that we might be able to make a running tractor out of that junk if we substituted a different engine and made all the sheetmetal. One 22-36 engine had spatter trails of rod babbet all over the inside of the crankcase,run out of oil ? Both had the manifolds gone for atleast 50 years and were long rusted solid. No mags, 1 radiator. No hood or side panels, fuel tank had the entire bottom rusted out.
We took inventory, we had a complete chassis/ trans, 4 good steel wheels, three partial fenders to cut up and fabricate two good ones. One radiator.
We fitted the steel wheels and put rubber "parade" tread on them. Brother hand fabricated a new fuel tank and hood / side panels from new sheetmetal. In vented his own louver press to louver the side panels. Made 2 good rear fenders from the parts of three (the rear of the fenders is always smashed :(.
OK, we have a stock looking chassis, now what for an engine ?? Looked around the place to see what was cheap and running that might fit. found a little 1940's Wisconsin, mag fired, odd fire, V4 with rockford clutch and PTO.
Brother fabricated A jackshaft using the beater shaft and bearings from a junked Oliver cfombine. The jackshaft connects a 60's Ford car clutch to the 22-36 transmission mounts a 3 groove V pulley and driver pin that connects to the factory 22-36 hand crank. The Wisconsin engine mounts just above the jackshaft and drives it through 3 "B" V belts.
Fabricated an under hood and exhaust pipe that matches the stock exhaust outlet on the left rear of the hood.
It runs great,Starts with the tractor crank, looks nearly stock and is a fun yard/ show/ parade toy. Maybe $200 invested.
Most folks look at it and enjoy it for what it is, like we do. We even decided to leave it with the 80 year old rust patina instead of painting it. Found a rattle can color called "Hammered iron" that makes the new sheetmetal and fuel tank match the 80 year old dark rust almost perfectly. :) One IH collector buddy about had a cow when he saw it. quickly informed us that the hood, fuel tank and side panels are not "right" as was the engine. All this "correct" stuff is avalible, though you need to pay the price. Waited untill his rant was over , then told him we were not a bit interested in making it "correct" There are hundreds or thousands of correct ones out there, they all look and run exactly the same and do not rate a second look from us. Ours is cheap, fun and one of a kind. Why would we want to exchange that for a "correct" one LOL.
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