mopar 3 B
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Have him shout some popped popcorn out it some time. Maybe the closest you will get to falling snow.
Lotts of elevation will be needed.
Lotts of elevation will be needed.
This is how we have fun on a Saturday afternoon in New Zealand....
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BeeKool
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This auction is only about 2 he drive from me but I'm always too busy to attend
https://www.mecum.com/auctions/davenport-tractor-2018/lots/featured/
https://www.mecum.com/auctions/davenport-tractor-2018/lots/featured/
Ironbuilt
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The first visit I had 3 years ago, I nearly crapped myself while filming....
Makes me want to start an old tractor thread.
BeeKool
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Do it.
I made one last year about doing some modernizing to my Farmall H
Ironbuilt
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I started a new thread...Please join in.
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/cool-old-tractors.146624/
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/cool-old-tractors.146624/
Some re-sized pictures now as promised....
1935 model McCormick-Deering tractor. The front axle has grooves worn into the underside from years of constant running over barley straw. I didn't believe that, but it is true. Imported from Australia back in the '70's...
Some even older models from the same family...
1935 model McCormick-Deering tractor. The front axle has grooves worn into the underside from years of constant running over barley straw. I didn't believe that, but it is true. Imported from Australia back in the '70's...
Some even older models from the same family...
The barn....
A couple of 'Pre-dressed' tractors...
Old diesel engine recovered from an old sawmill and mounted on this trailer. Water cylinder is the radiator and uses the siphon method for circulation of the cooled water. Cylinder head pressure apparently gets up to 1,000psi....not bad for technology that's around 100 years old.
It has been just over a year since my buddy Cliff ( MowPar) lost his father, and this piece of Lloyd's floor was a great reminder of happier times. Cliff's father was a civil contractor, and laid the special part of the floor for Lloyd around 20 years ago. The lettering is 2 inches deep, and is as good as the day it was laid.
A couple of 'Pre-dressed' tractors...
Old diesel engine recovered from an old sawmill and mounted on this trailer. Water cylinder is the radiator and uses the siphon method for circulation of the cooled water. Cylinder head pressure apparently gets up to 1,000psi....not bad for technology that's around 100 years old.
It has been just over a year since my buddy Cliff ( MowPar) lost his father, and this piece of Lloyd's floor was a great reminder of happier times. Cliff's father was a civil contractor, and laid the special part of the floor for Lloyd around 20 years ago. The lettering is 2 inches deep, and is as good as the day it was laid.
An old Gardiner stationary engine. Incomplete at this time....manifold was lost in time, but Lloyd recovered everything else from deep scrub and carefully re-assembled it to almost running condition. He remembered this engine as a boy of 7-8 years old. He and his brother dug it up many years later, and Llloyd has carried out the rebuild over the recent years. Single barrel Holley carb is genuine and very original in it's current condition. I'll bet the Summit Racing doesn't have spare parts for this puppy. 
Lloyd says the manifold is in the works, and should be ready soon....can't wait.
Lloyd says the manifold is in the works, and should be ready soon....can't wait.
The 1972 International C1820 truck was a hit. After a battery was hooked up, we fired the beast up. Lloyd bought this truck from the bottom of NZ and drove it home...at a best of 12mpg. Lots of miles, and lots of gallons. Transplanted a new heart into the truck and added the exhaust and intake stacks. He 'needed' this truck to haul his bullies and tractors around to shows, or for work at times.
I think he wanted it just because it's a cool truck.
Intake pipe diameter had to be reduced due to clearance issues at the fire wall. There's a Supercharger under that intake.
In the background is the truck with the 1935 McCormick-Deering on the deck.
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I think he wanted it just because it's a cool truck.
Intake pipe diameter had to be reduced due to clearance issues at the fire wall. There's a Supercharger under that intake.
In the background is the truck with the 1935 McCormick-Deering on the deck.
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Always a crowd pleaser....Lloyd graciously accepted an offer to crush a car at MowPar's Ranch in 2014 when we had a small car show there.....
And a few shots of the Cannon prior to firing..
An original old wooden spoke wheel that Lloyd used as a guide to build the new ones.
A home-made shaping tool for the cannon balls when turning in the lathe...
Doesn't have to be pretty....just needs to do the job..
Balls start out as firewood from the local Hardware store - this is actually a bi-product of the Plywood manufacturing process. The logs get too small for the mill to manage, so they are cut up as firewood....
Early prototype ammunition.... included full cans of beans and various other exotic foods...
An original old wooden spoke wheel that Lloyd used as a guide to build the new ones.
A home-made shaping tool for the cannon balls when turning in the lathe...
Doesn't have to be pretty....just needs to do the job..
Balls start out as firewood from the local Hardware store - this is actually a bi-product of the Plywood manufacturing process. The logs get too small for the mill to manage, so they are cut up as firewood....
Early prototype ammunition.... included full cans of beans and various other exotic foods...
BeeKool
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Is that a Detroit in the C 1820?
I was under the impression that all of Internation Harvester McCormick-Deering and a few others had been consolidated into the Farmall name prior to 1935.
Do you he know where that tractor was built?
I was under the impression that all of Internation Harvester McCormick-Deering and a few others had been consolidated into the Farmall name prior to 1935.
Do you he know where that tractor was built?
bobtile
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A group of us went out to visit an old friend - Lloyd. He has an amazing collection of tractors and trucks - mostly International Harvester. But he also has a home-built cannon. This was a real good time....... (BTW, Lloyd is around 86 yo)
more video to come...
YY1
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There is an enormous parcel of property near me that has the "Flywheelers" club.
It's basically a big sandbox (literally), where members can store and operate their vintage farm, industrial, and construction equipment.
There's an area where you can scoop and load/unload sand with loaders, and dump trucks, and there's even an area where a couple members are storing mining railroad equipment and starting to lay tracks!
There are many large barns, which each house a "faction" of members- there a "JD" barn, an "IH", barn, a "Ford" barn, etc.
At least once a year they have an open house and swap meet.
VERY interesting. So large I doubt you could walk it in one day.
All sorts of stuff pressed into service for transportation- from golf carts to vintage lawn mowers, garden and full size tractors, steam powered vehicles, you name it.
Looking for a 60's six wheel ATV? It's there.
40's dirt track car? It's there.
I posted some pics a couple years ago.
It's basically a big sandbox (literally), where members can store and operate their vintage farm, industrial, and construction equipment.
There's an area where you can scoop and load/unload sand with loaders, and dump trucks, and there's even an area where a couple members are storing mining railroad equipment and starting to lay tracks!
There are many large barns, which each house a "faction" of members- there a "JD" barn, an "IH", barn, a "Ford" barn, etc.
At least once a year they have an open house and swap meet.
VERY interesting. So large I doubt you could walk it in one day.
All sorts of stuff pressed into service for transportation- from golf carts to vintage lawn mowers, garden and full size tractors, steam powered vehicles, you name it.
Looking for a 60's six wheel ATV? It's there.
40's dirt track car? It's there.
I posted some pics a couple years ago.
I believe it is a Detroit. I can confirm this later on.
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