Model A- Back in the Family

Steve allis dozer wrote: Does it have two exhausts ?  looks good with the big headlights and radiator curtain

34 Airflow wrote: allisrutledge wrote: Looking again ,is the muffler and manifold shield original or was it added after being shipped? I got a sales literature and it don't show that. It is interesting that it is still there. Also welcome to this forum. In the parts book I have for the tractor the muffler is correct and as you saw was on it back in the day. The heat shield and lower exhaust was all in one piece and seems to be original too, although I will post a photo of that part which shows the exhaust stack part has been replaced at some point.

That's interesting. thanks, that's one neat A.

And after blasting with a quick primer job until we go the whole hog...

34 Airflow wrote: A bit of an update on the Model A, after getting the tractor running a few issues have been identified which have all of a sudden snowballed into a full restoration.

Hey, that's a familiar story!!, that's how mine ended up restored.  Mom just wanted to hear it run again. To do that required,,,, and to do that required ,,,, and to do that means I had to do,,,,  Ended up completely apart .  

That intake manifold is a curiosity. Obviously was for low grade fuel but different than mine which is also a low grade fuel tractor.

Great pictures, this one even looks better right side out.

Thanks TomMN, for flipping that image, This photo has been framed a long time ago and it was only after I posted it on the forum I realised the negative must have been printed in reverse! The belt pulley was the first thing I noticed!

Edited by 34 Airflow - 11 Jun 2017 at 2:50am

34 Airflow, we need to talk. Sending you a PM soon.

Bump

Thank you for updating your post on the tractor. I sure enjoy your great pictures. Someday I'm going to win a state lottery and visit your beautiful country.

A little more progress has been made in recent weeks, mainly preparing the sheet metal for new paint, aside from a few small dents the metalwork is all quite good with rust hiding which is a bonus. We had my 80 year old second cousin visit last week who filled in a lot of the blanks about the tractor, in particular the modifications made for farming such as the large drawbar addition, and also the small fuel can attached to the drivers compartment to allow a full 12 hour day of work. He had driven down 1,400km to see some old friends and cast his eye over the tractor he fondly remembered even though nowadays he is a collector of Green (he currently has 23 JD's). One story he did relay was that in my great uncle Neil had a pet Cockatoo that went everywhere with him, riding on his bike handlebars and on the fender of the tractor, except in the Winter when he sat up next to the Exhaust pipe to stay warm. After looking at the photos taken back in the day we noticed the bird in one of the photos as you can see below just in front of the operator!

Edited by 34 Airflow - 04 Dec 2017 at 6:01pm

good progress!, looking great!

Great story of a family tractor returning home many years later!  Congratulations!  We have some friends currently living in Australia.  Kim is American, John is Australian.  They met in the U.S. while John was working here, moved to Australia, came back to the U.S., and are back in Australia now.  I'll have to ask my wife where they're living.  Mostly keep up with them via e-mail.  Anyway, enjoy the "A" and may you have many good times with it!