Finally finished the WD

Thanks to the help of my Father in-law and my girls (they are good little wet sanders) we finally got my tractor finished, so I thought I would put up a few pics of her. It is a 1951 WD. It took what seemed like forever to finish, but was alot of fun, and I learned a lot for the next one.

Now, that's a beautiful tractor!

How did you get the sheetmetal so straight and purdy? Did you use body putty?

Edited by Goose - 18 Jul 2011 at 2:55pm

Looks nice! I have a picture like that of my 2 oldest girls in front of my newly painted WD45, except it was 20 years ago. They will be 25 and 27 years old in a few weeks. Time flies! They are looking/doing real well , but the old Allis needs a facelift/makeover again! Thanks for the photo.

sometimes I walk out to my shop and look around and think "Who's the idiot that owns this place?"

NICE! Great job!

David Gibson
http://www.darkecountysteam.com
1956 WD45

Don(MI) wrote:

Wow very nice pete! Great shine to it! What brand paint?

It is just single stage impliment paint from Tracter Supply I don't remember the brand but I can check if you want. The shine comes from the last coat and I'm still learning. The color had to be lightend some to get it just right.

Pete

Now, that's I beautiful tractor!

How did you get the sheetmetal so straight and purdy? Did you use body putty?

Thanks Goose,

Yes I had to use some putty, and many hours of sanding. The sheet metal was a little rough and I welded in a few patches and hammered out a lot of dents.

Pete

very nice WD you have there

Thanks Charlie

Looks nice! I have a picture like that of my 2 oldest girls in front of my newly painted WD45, except it was 20 years ago. They will be 25 and 27 years old in a few weeks. Time flies! They are looking/doing real well , but the old Allis needs a facelift/makeover again! Thanks for the photo.

Thanks Jay. I'm learning that time does go by fast, it seems like they were born yesterday. They helped me do a lot of sanding, and it was a fun project to do together.

Pete

Looks like you did a great job. Thanks for sharing.

NICE! Great job!

Nice!

Thanks everybody for the compliments.

Edited by Pa.Pete - 18 Jul 2011 at 1:25pm

Osage_Orange wrote:

Nice Job! Another of my hobbies is restoring muscle cars and I swear it is easier to paint a complete car than a tractor. Keep those pics safe.........you'll enjoy them more in a few years. :)

I have done a couple trucks and a Jeep but there are a lot of nooks and crannies to paint on a tractor. I do like muscle cars too and would like to restore one some day. I would love to see some of the ones you have done, send me a PM if you get a chance.

Pete

Purdy! All of them!

Greg Kroeker
1950 WD with wide front and Freeman trip loader

Lookin' good Pete! You made a lot of progress since I saw it

I am still confident of this;
I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27

With my father we sold the WD for the life of the unit. I have never seen a new unit look that good.
Congratulations!! Great Job.
Good Luck!
Bill Long

Fantastic WD...thanks for sharing!
Pastor Mike

LouSWPA wrote:

Lookin' good Pete! You made a lot of progress since I saw it

Thanks Lou,

We'll have to get together again sometime. Hope you had a good trip to Illinois, I saw your pictures and it looked like everyone was having a good time.

Pete

Thanks again to everyone for the compliments.

Pete

VERY nice job Pete! I was showing your post pictures to my daughter ( so she could see what our WD 45 could look like), and she spotted some Webkinz animals. : )

KD in SE Ks wrote:

VERY nice job Pete! I was showing your post pictures to my daughter ( so she could see what our WD 45 could look like), and she spotted some Webkinz animals. : )

We have a bunch of those Webkinz around here. My girls said to tell your daughter that the cats name is Domino and the dogs name is Delgato.

Pete

Pa.Pete wrote:

KD in SE Ks wrote:

We have a bunch of those Webkinz around here. My girls said to tell your daughter that the cats name is Domino and the dogs name is Delgato.

Pete

Tell your girls my daughter says thanks for sharing the webkinz names. I don't know how many we have around here.( A LOT! )

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