Restored AC 7000 Maroon Belly

Keep those pictures coming! The more I see the more I like.

Very pretty inside and out. Great job!

Dave in AB

Maroon Belly,

Sugarmaker wrote: Maroon Belly, I must say that sure looks good to me. I am not a good judge of these series, as I am stuck in the WD series tractors. But I see great attention to details and fresh clean look to all the areas. I agree that having a project during this pandemic is a good thing to keep us busy and keep our minds busy too.  The tractor looks new to me! Really rattle caned the whole thing Wow your finger must be needing a break!:)  Regards, Chris

thanks. Actually, I do have a gun (not experienced) and since I wasn’t doing any large panels (body panels in front of cab are original paint), I worked small areas, then wet sanded larger areas before painting small areas and wet sanding again. The final coat, I did as large of an area I could and still recoat  wet on wet. Top and lights came off, windows and fixed door came out, all gaskets removed and a ton of Cleaning and masking done. I was amazed that what worked the best for removing overspray and light polishing was a clay bar treatment. I consider the clay bar to be probably the most important tool for restoring and maintaining paint. The original paint had darkened considerably, requiring polishing compound, clay bar and slightly abrasive polish like Nu Finish. Repeatedly. I hate re-painting faded panels in good shape. I always restore if possible. The paint job could still use more polishing, but that can be done later. These kinds of projects bring out the anal in me! Agco paint is expensive, but good paint. Did notice some variation in shades. Good luck finding maroon in stock that is still in decent shape. Best thing is to order in a 6pk for $15/can. 

Edited by Maroon belly - 04 Sep 2020 at 9:14am

I was amazed at how well your dash came out. I noticed your temp, fuel gauge and steering cylinder are different than mine. My 7000 serial number is 4967.

Both of our tractors are 1976.  So at some point in the year they changed to different style gauges. All I can see is the rivets, not sure what you have changed.

Well you did a good job fixing it. Have you found shifting the 3 speed if your over say 1050 rpm, the front end wants to come up. 

I took Tom's kit and mounted it where you did on 3 of my tractors. My doors didn't seal very well when I installed it on top.

Lonn I don't have a pipe on mine, I went straight to the door. That pipe might be a nice handle when a fella gets a little older.