well, Surprise, Surprise. From 6000+ mi's away i will be flying in to get my mower ready to race and at the fair. Army is kind enough to give me leave from this sandbox for a couple weeks and should be home for race. probably gonna camp at the koa for a couple days before.
See you all there. oh, i have been in iraq since the racing season opened i guess i will have to renew my arma membership for this one race.

Here is a few pics of a mower i put together for my son to race stock class ARMA.
the paint was stained almost black from where the leaves had settled on it from several years of sitting. after spraying with cleaner and scrubbing several times and rubbing with polishing compound, this is what it looks like.





this is my son Brandon, we were gonna build a rear rider but the rules wont allow it so werswitched to the MTD made TaskforceII.

this nice red MTD had a little more body damage and a bad engine. i pulled the deck, driven pulley, idler and vari-drive pulley from this one and put on the other, also the front axle was junk on the other so another piece from this one was pulled. the front tires came with it in the swap.

the mower he is racing was pulled from the woods behind a mans house about 2 weeks ago. front axle was shot, deck was missing along with the gas tank, flywheel, solenoid, shift plate and all 4 tires were dryrot and would not hold air. all missing pieces were installed, carb was swapped to save time from rebuilding and save money. tires are ones that were laying around and hold air. battery came from another of my racers that is in the process of modification. After kill switch is installed it will be ready for all comers.

this is a few of my toys
this is my brand new truck. 2008 chevy colorado

my 98 polaris 250 trailblazer

my kids 07 honda trx90

'98 polaris 400 scrambler

this is my other toys, '72 chevy chevelle, '74 dodge club cab 4x4, and '76 chevy k20

here is the pic right after i painted it. 350 engine, '85 corvette block bored .030 w/flattop pistons, 400ci heads and 3/4 race cam, 2500rpm stall, 4.10 gears and 37" super swamper SSR radials

my other 2 mowers, murray widebody and an mtd. the murray needs a new engine and the mtd is in the middle of getting lowered, it has a 20hp kohler magnum, got to setup jackshaft and build front axle. oh and behind them is NOR66's pretty red zr2

a look across my boneyard of mower parts and other useful items

my grasscutter, a gravely pro50 walk behind mower. it has a kohler command 15hp and a 700peerless

my sons new project mower, i plan on dropping it down and gearing at 8:1 and swapping to a briggs 12hp.

this mower was the doner for my 700p on my race mower and will be spare parts for my sons

my almost last freebie and in the background is my gremlin. 400 chevy small block, bored .030 poptop pistons, doublehump heads big valve, big springs, solid lift cam, 750 carb, 300 stall, turb0 350 trans all feeding a chrysler 8 3/4 rearend with 3.55 gears.

the mower started life as a Rally plus mower with a 16.5hp ohv and a hydrostatic drive.
 i dont really have any pics of the mower in original form(computer crash) but here is a few pics of progress. Alot of things were done with out pics but i still have more to do so i may be able to fill in some blanks as i finish.

pic of frame before modification

the frame in front of the fourwheeler is another 4 wheeler that will be cut up as frame reinforcement.

pic of sheetmetal after sandblast, in building waiting on dry weather to prime.
front axle in prep. it is 3/16 wall- 1x2 tubing with 1/4 plate steel

finished axle with spindle roughly in place.
i have more pics and it jumps ahead abit because i had to get it mocked up for a car show.but i will post those pics later.

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i dont think i thumbnailed them right. i will try again with next pics.

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here is the front half of the mower on the frame.

this is with the body sitting in place and a borrowed rear wheel just see how it would look.
 it just had the front axle clamped in place and the front trim on it. found out i needed a little more room on the front sidepanels, 38" of width don't quite clear.

can you flip an opposed from vertical to horizontal if it has the mounts for it? the engine is a 20hp opposed flathead with an oil filter. i think i have to change the oil pan because of the way the oil filter is mounted just not sure thanks, Robert