1962 Petrol Dexta

Blues Power · Post by **Blues Power** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 2:37 pm

Trying to post a few more pictures of the almost finished petrol dexta.

pjjms · Post by **pjjms** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 9:13 pm

A fantastic result. It looks great.

I am interested in if you replaced the guards, and if so what brand they are. Mine are rotten and I have been looking at BareCo replacments, but I'm not sure they are a good match without seeing one.

Bensdexta · Post by **Bensdexta** » Fri Jul 02, 2010 11:22 pm

Great job

Are those original front wheels?
If not where did you get them?
All the best,

Blues Power · Post by **Blues Power** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 1:18 am

Yes Bensdexta,those front wheels were original.After scraping past the wrong white paint on them,the orange was there.I bead blasted,primed and painted.Tires are 550x16".

The mud-guards Pjjms,are aftermarket.They are from AI Products in the US.I believe that they are made in Turkey.The only complaint that I have with these are that they are 1" too short at the foot-rest mounting point.I was told that both Canada and the US are sourcing from Turkey.I've kept my rusted out originals.

Lesfen · Post by **Lesfen** » Sat Jul 03, 2010 6:42 am

Fantastic!

Les

Mervyn Spencer · Post by **Mervyn Spencer** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:46 pm

Very nice restoration and very interesting modification to the mudguards, hardly noticible. Well done.

russelm · Post by **russelm** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 12:38 pm

Blues Power wrote:The mud-guards Pjjms,are aftermarket.They are from AI Products in the US.I believe that they are made in Turkey.The only complaint that I have with these are that they are 1" too short at the foot-rest mounting point.I was told that both Canada and the US are sourcing from Turkey.I've kept my rusted out originals.

That may be by design

If you look at page 150 of the parts manual here:

http://www.fordson-dexta.de/downloads/dextaetxl.pdf

You will see spacers (items 2 and 3) that are used to support 12x28 tyres.

Blues Power · Post by **Blues Power** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 3:43 pm

Hello Russelm,I did try to replicate those extension plates in the parts manual to make up for 1 1/4'' shortfall on the aftermarket guards.They did not come pre-drilled which worked out ok for mounting.I did some comparison measurements to my originals and all dimensions were good except for the foot-rest attachment.[img][img]http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/yy9/ ... 150667.jpg[/img][/img]

pjjms · Post by **pjjms** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 10:29 pm

The guards look supurb, including the extensions, as does the whole tractor.

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