First restore gone.
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Topic: First restore gone.
Posted By: junkman
Subject: First restore gone.
Date Posted: 08 May 2011 at 10:59pm
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Had to sell a classic today. No it was not a AC but it was the first attempted to restore something from the ground up. It was a 49 Gibson that I found in the scrap yard I used to work at and was it a sorry site. I had to redo everything but went with what I had available so It would have got a ticket if the correct police saw it, but it was a great conversation piece. Wife said one had to go before any more. (they just sometimes don't understand) I really didn't use it much so I had to say by. 
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Posted By: SHAMELESS
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 12:00am
| awwww...shucks man!! you need to edjemucate that ole lady...ooops...i mean your loving wife about this stuff! how proud it makes us feel when we do things like this! |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 12:04am
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With that steering wheel, it's ovious that it's not stock. Still, it's good that you put in the effort to bring it back to life. It looks like it may have a model "E" rear end with the adjustable axles. The ring and pinion were, I believe, the same as used in either a Ford or Chevy car rear end. The transmission was from a late 1930's Chevy. It was made 12 miles from me in Longmont, Colorado. Did you find a serial number on the top of the (usually) left frame rail near the engine? When the company went bankrupt they burned most of the records in the parking lot. A few guys are still around the area that worked at the plant and had some interesting stories about working there. Wilber Gibson started another company in Berthoud, Co, just north of Longmont 10 miles and made a few dozen tractors before he suffered a fatal heart attack on the factory floor in 1959. He was only 44. That factory is now a Christian book store and cafe, etc. The first plant is a martial arts studio I believe.
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Posted By: junkman
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 8:00am
| Yes it did have the adjustable rear axle. And no I never found the serial #. the previous owner for some reason lengthened the frame so I had to replace it as well. It never had a twin cylinder on it ether. But I had a good one with electric start so I prefabbed a motor stand for it as well. And no it did not have a Chevy trany. I had to replace it as well with one I had for the original was junk. And yes I had to through the steering lever away for a tractor to me is not a tractor without a steering wheel. Spent many hundred hours on it so it was kind of sad to see it go. |
Posted By: Breeze
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 11:07am
| Aw Hell, it still looks good. You done fine with what you had. I wish that would become a fad. |
Posted By: junkman
Date Posted: 09 May 2011 at 11:43am
| The main thing is it still exists as a piece of history that others can still enjoy and reminisce over for years to come. it looks much better as is then a frame of a Honda. |