stronger800 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 if Bitty brushed the hair on a Clydesdale, I just combed up a pony. 1968 that we have owned for 30 years. We run three of them on hay rakes all summer. This started as a quick, ehh let’s see what it would look like with 756 fenders on it that a neighbor was going to throw away (eek!), too let’s fix a fuel shutoff leak, too ehh,....while the hoods are off, let’s replace the fuel tank, and radiator, fuel line, spindle bushings, seat, steering wheel etc. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Not sure why pics always go out of order on me 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stronger800 Posted January 29, 2021 Author Share Posted January 29, 2021 Waiting on decals, should have been here yesterday. Darn virus. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Wes806 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Nice job. Sure looks good. What's the next paint project? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iowaboy1965 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 That looks nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nepoweshiekfarmalls Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Sweeeeeeeeet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ihcubguy Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Looks excellent! Will you will be able to get it dirty now that it is all shined up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
51cub Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cool1566 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Ford blue and white is a nice color combo. Looks great! So the 756 fenders didn’t take? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gafarm49 Posted January 29, 2021 Share Posted January 29, 2021 Excellent! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehammer Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Looks very nice. I was wondering about the 756 fenders also??? Did the paint run when you tried mixing the red and blue? ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 Thanks guys. I haven’t touched a paint gun in 20 years, and I used a $25 siphon gun back then. I bought a modern hvlp last month and this was a “test” to see if I could learn how to use it. I’m real happy with how it came out. I have a two Hytran barrels that have blue and white stripes on them now though. IronGuard paint with hardener. I did the Identical ford that’s in the front of the rake line-up there, with ford blue from the dealer 25 years ago and it has held up well but I’m going to sand it off and do a better job next time. Need to do the 6600 that’s in the middle first. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted January 30, 2021 Author Share Posted January 30, 2021 The IH fenders were on a 756 that my Grandfather bought new. He sold it to a great uncle, who put a ice box cab on it, and gave the fenders (30-40 years ago) to a friend, who put them -on his ford 5000- (after he painted them ford white via a paint brush, with course bristles) . Then 15-20 years ago the guy found a set of correct fenders for his ford and set these in his barn. Fast forward to last year and said paint brush guy now lives only a few miles from me and he asks me to put a clutch in his ford, since he knows I’m “into” them. While I was doing that he randomly mentioned that he had this old red set of fenders that he once had on the tractor. He said that my great uncle had given them to him, and he would give them to me if I could use them. They are darn nice. Quick pressure wash would wipe that white paint right off them. I charged him $100 to replace the clutch/p.plate/bearings and input shaft on his ford. He was happy. I thought that the fenders looked too big on the ford. My father liked the looks of them, until he tried climbing on/off of the tractor a few times. They were restrictive. We lowered and reversed the brackets to attempt to get them lower and wider, and we were allllllmost ready to redrill the mounting holes to set them rearward an inch..... then I pulled the plug on that idea. Original ford fenders were too nice to not keep on there. Be different, if I didn’t have fenders and needed something on there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Mech Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 I like the Ford fenders on the Ford. I love the X000 series Fords of that body style. I would almost prefer them to an IH of the same physical size. While my dad's family was IH, my mom's dad was Ford. Last tractor he owned, and the only one I remember him having, was a Ford 3000 gas. I fondly remember that tractor. I'd own one in a heartbeat. Nice work!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkandcattle Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 13 hours ago, Wes806 said: Nice job. Sure looks good. What's the next paint project? Me thinks he needs to practice on my old 8000 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wi Ih Posted January 30, 2021 Share Posted January 30, 2021 Wow nice job!! can I borrow that comb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmall666 Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 23 hours ago, stronger800 said: The IH fenders were on a 756 that my Grandfather bought new. He sold it to a great uncle, who put a ice box cab on it, and gave the fenders (30-40 years ago) to a friend, who put them -on his ford 5000- (after he painted them ford white via a paint brush, with course bristles) . Then 15-20 years ago the guy found a set of correct fenders for his ford and set these in his barn. Fast forward to last year and said paint brush guy now lives only a few miles from me and he asks me to put a clutch in his ford, since he knows I’m “into” them. While I was doing that he randomly mentioned that he had this old red set of fenders that he once had on the tractor. He said that my great uncle had given them to him, and he would give them to me if I could use them. They are darn nice. Quick pressure wash would wipe that white paint right off them. I charged him $100 to replace the clutch/p.plate/bearings and input shaft on his ford. He was happy. I thought that the fenders looked too big on the ford. My father liked the looks of them, until he tried climbing on/off of the tractor a few times. They were restrictive. We lowered and reversed the brackets to attempt to get them lower and wider, and we were allllllmost ready to redrill the mounting holes to set them rearward an inch..... then I pulled the plug on that idea. Original ford fenders were too nice to not keep on there. Be different, if I didn’t have fenders and needed something on there. WHAT MODEL FORD IS THAT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stronger800 Posted January 31, 2021 Author Share Posted January 31, 2021 It’s a ‘68 5000. Original 5000 decal visible in my first pic, at the rear end of the hoods. Later models had a much larger decal that ran down the side of the hood where this one has a white stripe and vents. The later style hood, same as my 6600 there, will be easier to paint as It’s all just blue, then the decal has the white stripe built into it. The one is 68hp and will pull a gyro rake, or tandem NH 258 rakes, or a four spool tedder alllll day on about 12g of fuel. I thought I was going to pull 6 spool tedders with the Fords, but they didn’t like it. Full size tractors pull them better....but burn 50% more fuel doing it. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-Mech Posted January 31, 2021 Share Posted January 31, 2021 How much hay do you put up? Custom baling? Or all for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 well thats a purdy ford and yes those 0000 series were much better tractors than the Ns and the selecto speeds LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngrySailor Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 50 minutes ago, searcyfarms said: well thats a purdy ford and yes those 0000 series were much better tractors than the Ns and the selecto speeds LOL HEY! While I won’t argue that it’s a purrdy tractor, ya gotta have a little bit of a soft spot for the N’s... sure they weren’t nearly as capable but I bet a lot of us lost our steering wheel cherry on one! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
searcyfarms Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 10 minutes ago, AngrySailor said: HEY! While I won’t argue that it’s a purrdy tractor, ya gotta have a little bit of a soft spot for the N’s... sure they weren’t nearly as capable but I bet a lot of us lost our steering wheel cherry on one! mine was on a deere - still got it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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