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Offline Okie-Chopper

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Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« on: November 29, 2008, 04:14:27 am »
 ;)   The auto show that comes here once a year is going to let anything with wheels be entered,  so I thought why not a lawn tractor.   :badgrin:   It started out as a 1998 Murray 16.5 HP w/a 42" cut and a 6 speed Peerless in it.







It's going to get a 18 HP opposed in it and a 52"cut deck.











Here is the start of the frame.   





















Of course the pic's are stacked backwards :worried:
It was tore down to the lock washer's this spring and put in boxes and stacked in the corner and I spent the summer rounding up parts and stuff for the winter build.

I would Love to race,  but being in a wheel chair it can't be done.  So I rebuild tractors to stay busy and also repair them get some pocket change to buy more tractors and parts.  I make more $$$ this way than if I was racing them.






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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2008, 02:26:13 pm »
Very nice work.. that tractor you have is very clean... is that the original paint still on the frame?
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2008, 11:11:43 pm »
No..I used spray in bed liner made by  dupi- color.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #3 on: December 01, 2008, 12:16:56 am »
Ok now the tranny has been rebuilt and cleaned.



















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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #4 on: December 01, 2008, 09:17:04 pm »
what do you use to clean your cases cause man they are really clean.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #5 on: December 01, 2008, 09:25:45 pm »
looks like he painted them.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #6 on: December 01, 2008, 10:07:12 pm »
He used Chrome spray paint.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #7 on: December 01, 2008, 10:34:49 pm »
I used krylon metal then baked it.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #8 on: December 01, 2008, 11:29:09 pm »
Did not get to much done today,  went and got the knock off's for the back wheels and found that they fit the front wheels very nice.  So now I got to get two more knock-off's.


And worked on the front axle a little more, got tire's ordered ( these are just mock-up tire's )  and going to get the rim's power coated black.









No matter what I do the pic's always run backwards  :bash: 

This tractor might be used as a pace tractor as well.

More in a few day's
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #9 on: December 02, 2008, 03:19:59 pm »
try clicking on your last one first and the first one last. Photobucket has a tendecy of doing stuff backwards.
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #10 on: December 02, 2008, 07:07:24 pm »
I tried that    both way's................Bob
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #11 on: December 04, 2008, 10:16:07 pm »
Ok today I got the tires and wheels done and knock-offs  of course the date on the pic's is wrong... :doh:













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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 08:46:19 am »
That looks good...

A nice restoration...
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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 07:11:30 pm »
Now is time to either dip strip or bead plast the tins.   I'll see what one will be cheapist to do.   then I can trick out the engine.









This is the engine  I'm installing,  already been inside of it,  so now I can trick it out while the tins are being striped.












this exhaust system give's the engine a very deep rumble,  I'm going to get it and the intake manifold HPC coated.


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Re: Building a Lawn Tractor for the auto show
« Reply #14 on: December 10, 2008, 12:40:15 pm »
All the tin's went to the powder coater today
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