what to do???

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d.andersen
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rear wheels are not the original . has done 1567 hours when i bought it , now 1800 .


is it ashame to paint ???
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Dont touch it,you will devalue it .It is perfect the way it is .Any more pictures. Liam.

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thats how it looked when i bought it
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will it be erasing the history, if the only the tin work is painted for preservation???? and then leave the rest untouched, just an idea
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Paint it all or nothing. When the paint is covering all the metal and it's the first paint I would clean it and leave it.
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yeah kind of what i was thinking, hmm problably thinking too much .

there is a dent in the front i would like to fix , maybe i can mix some paint that lookes like original to cover the spots of bare metal
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I doupt if you can. The dent can be fixed, but getting the paint the same??????????
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d.andersen wrote:

rear wheels are not the original . has done 1567 hours when i bought it , now 1800 .


is it ashame to paint ???
If the rear wheels isn't original, where are they from??? my new performance do have exacly those rims :|
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They are original fordson (enfo) ,my tractor was just born with the more narrow 12.4x36 . I still have them , I just like the wider type
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In my Forson literature the rear tires came in a choice of optional sizes. From what I have seen, both are right. With so few hours I believe I would leave the tractor alone myself also. Nice find. :D Dandy Dave!
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Dandy Dave wrote:In my Forson literature the rear tires came in a choice of optional sizes. From what I have seen, both are right. With so few hours I believe I would leave the tractor alone myself also. Nice find. :D Dandy Dave!
Thanks Dandy Dave.
in my instruktion book for the traktor both tire sizes are shown , also 38" rims. So yes both sizes are original, mine was simply born with 12.6x36(2nd picture), but I like the wider ones better.

i´m torn in two , i dont want to take anything apart that have never been touched. but another a part of me would like the tinwork to be in good shape.
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