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    Posted: 28 Dec 2016 at 7:48am
Just a little thanks to the folks on this forum that have helped me out through my build. See below for some pictures of my grandfather’s 1940 B. I managed to get it completely rebuilt front to rear in time to give it to him for Christmas (started 8/26/2016).

This tractor had a complete engine overhaul with new pistons, sleeves, bearings, valves, springs, gaskets, crank turned, block and head baked and blasted. Also, every seal and bearing was replaced. The tractor was completely torn down, blasted, and painted.

Enjoy... (sorry, the picture quality isn't the best)














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Holy Persian Orange! That is one gorgeous restoration!!! Doubt it looked that nice coming out of West Allis.

What did your grandfather say when he saw it????????
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Looks absolutely beautiful. No one can deny that, THAT is a true restoration
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My Grandfather was completely blown away. He cant wait to do some tractor shows with it next summer. Heres a couple before pictures:
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They do NOT even look like the same tractor! Super nice job. WinkBig smile

P.S. - Thanks for posting!
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to say you did good seems an understatement....another beautiful job done on an orange masterpiece.
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Great job, notice the crank is painted black, did they come that way from the factory that way? I went and painted my steering column black on my Model C think I will have to change that, after read on this forum the last few weeks I am thinking it should be orange. 
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Not sure what color the crank handle was. Several of the things I did on this tractor were less "the way it was originally" and more "the way I like it."

I suspect the handle was unpainted steel.
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Even new my favorite never looked this good.
What a GREAT AND THOROUGH JOB
My Sincere Congratulations for taking such excellent care of my favorite.
Good Luck!
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ps:  Love those decals
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Thanks for posting the pictures! Great looking B! You can be proud!
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Nice looking B. Hopefully one of these days I can finish both of my basket case Bs. I guess it's a case of the "cobblers kids having no shoes"!
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That is an awesome restoration. Your grandfather must be very proud.
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Yes, a great looking job of restoring that old B
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Wow! Stunning!  Super nice job on that little B. Congrat's!  I bet your Grand dad couldn't believe his eyes when he saw it!  Again, nice job!!
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Fantastic! They never came from the factory looking that good.
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Did your grandfather have any idea you were doing this? He must have a good heart or he would have keeled over right there. LOL Great job!
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What a beautiful restoration! Gramps must be busting at the seams with pride! On the before photo's I notice a mounted circle saw rig on the rear. We had one similar to that on our CA. Dad and I cut a lot of fire wood with that rig. Great job on the B!
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I agree with the others, that tractor looks much better than new! An amazing restore! WOW! WOW!!
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Originally posted by LeonR2013 LeonR2013 wrote:

Did your grandfather have any idea you were doing this? He must have a good heart or he would have keeled over right there. LOL Great job!


No, he had no clue what I was up to. The tractor ran up until about 2 years ago, and had been sitting under a tarp ever since. Late this summer my grandfather lamented about what he was going to do with the ol' girl. He always wanted to restore it, but just ran out of energy in his old age. So I said I would take it, with the intention to get it running again someday. The last he knew, it was sitting under a tarp behind my shed.   

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VERY YERY NICE JOB!!!
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THAT IS NICE !!
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That is one beautiful tractor!  What kind of paint did you use?
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great job
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wow, great job!!  where did you get the chrome stack??
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speechless !!!  is that a chrome stack???
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Steiner sells chrome and stainless stacks.
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You did a beautiful job on that rig.  It looks like a pretty early model, what year is it?  Can you imagine how many more AC would have sold if they were that shiny coming from the factory?
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Looking good.  Glad it all worked out.  I'm sure he was impressed, and appreciates all the work it took.
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Originally posted by Jhebel Jhebel wrote:

That is one beautiful tractor!  What kind of paint did you use?


The paint is a custom mixed Metacryl 2k product matched to PPG 60800.
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