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d.andersen
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by d.andersen » Sat Mar 09, 2013 3:33 pm
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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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by liam » Sat Mar 09, 2013 8:53 pm
Dont touch it,you will devalue it .It is perfect the way it is .Any more pictures. Liam.
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by d.andersen » Sat Mar 09, 2013 9:40 pm
thats how it looked when i bought it
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by d.andersen » Sun Mar 10, 2013 9:10 pm
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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by henk » Mon Mar 11, 2013 7:34 pm
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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by d.andersen » Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:02 pm
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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by henk » Tue Mar 12, 2013 9:29 pm
I doupt if you can. The dent can be fixed, but getting the paint the same??????????
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by fnoller » Wed Mar 13, 2013 6:48 pm
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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by d.andersen » Wed Mar 13, 2013 7:29 pm
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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by Dandy Dave » Thu Mar 14, 2013 3:00 pm
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.
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by d.andersen » Wed Mar 20, 2013 8:02 pm
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.
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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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