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Fugly #1 gets some spa treatment

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1 week 6 days ago #261449 by juiceman
Sunshine! 
Mr.Fugly #1 for some much needed lipstick.
My local trailer builder saved me their last slot before they tore out the paint booth. A much improved and expensive one is being installed. Longer and more spacious I am told.
I should have not been so impatient, as I planned on changing over to late style heavy plate fenders and either a stock side tank or seat tank. Sure as sh*t, I sourced 2 complete ones AFTER I dropped the D4 off for painting. Oh well! It isn’t difficult to swap out, so I’ll have them sent out for paint and change later.
I need to paint the raised letters, etc and button this one up. Not even close to becoming a trailer queen. It is a working tractor; the first one that I had ever torn into.
I might add some accessories to it for fun. JM
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1 week 6 days ago #261458 by d4angelo
Come on Gee! That will definitely become a "trailer queen". 

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1 week 6 days ago #261460 by Breadler
Looks good!

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1 week 5 days ago #261464 by juiceman
I am cheating. None of my precleaners here are very pretty; I will use the round Donaldson type for the time being. The replacement battery box is too nice to put a battery inside of it; amazing what a good sand blast and paint can do for some items. Just imagine how a "nice" tractor would look if I had it done 100%.
Soon time to rub the paint off of the pads. JM
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1 week 4 days ago #261472 by ctsnowfighter
Trailer Queen - haha
He has a D4 with "chrome" and tied to a 40 scraper. This one says, take a place at the end of the line, I'm the QUEEN!

Have to ponder something here - paint the pads and then before it dries, go shine them up? Is that akin to waxing the Rolls Royce Silver Ghost and taking it through the muddy back roads on a rainy day?
CTS
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1 week 4 days ago #261477 by Breadler
Looks good! Hard to imagine that is the same machine.

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1 week 4 days ago #261479 by Deas Plant.
Hi, CTS.
Methinks that the juice hauler may have a tad too many sheckels in his bin, painting tracks that he plans on shining up again. Does he also pay for a business class seat and then sit in the 'cattle cart' section?

This kew-ree-yuss mind would like to know - - - - but won't lose any sleep over it.

Just my 0.02.

You have a wonderful day. Best wishes. Deas Plant.

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1 week 3 days ago #261486 by 8C 361
I like to see shine on tracks. It means the Cat runs. Also means it runs good enough to do meaningful work. Once painted it will take many hours in abrasive soils to shine them up.

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1 week 3 days ago #261491 by juiceman
It’s hard to put a shine on any pads here due to the low use my iron gets. Usually the shiny ones are the larger heavier tractors that really bite into the loamy soils here.
I might send Fugly #1 to the “Dig” at Tulare this year and rub some paint off in that sandy stuff.
I scrounged up some old decals and a 40 year old can of black paint. A few more things to button it up for the time being. JM
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1 week 2 days ago #261499 by neil
That tractor looks darned pretty to me, JM : ) Might need a new name - "Show Pony" perhaps? : )

Cheers,
Neil

Pittsford, NY

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