Caterpillar Twenty Eight Restoration

Hello All

I was hoping to get some input. I have a 1934 (I think) Caterpillar Twenty Eight (4F390) that I would like to get restored. It’s been in my family since my great grandfather purchased it new for the family agriculture land in Stockton, California. It’s now located in Northern California, not far from the Oregon border. It's all original except for the carburetor and was last running about 20 years ago, but only on two cylinders if I remember correctly. It’s been tarped and sitting on concrete since it was last run.

Can anyone recommend where I can get this family heirloom fully restored? I'm looking for someone in either Northern California or in Southern Oregon to do the work. I am not even sure where to start and hoping someone can point me in the right direction

I'm best contacted via emial at jab7275 at hotmail dot com

Any input would be greatly appreciated

JB

Thanks for contacting ACMOC about this project, I'm sure the American West Coast members will soon chime in, Kurt Kadre in Newcastle, Ca. is doing some outstanding restoration work on old Cats for paying clients right now, I saw some photo's of his work being done for a fellow Aussie right now and it all looked very good, he will not be far from you. I'm sure there will be others suggested, it's all about time and money, invariably plenty of both!😆. Are you hoping to do some of the work yourself, because stripping them is fairly straight forward and can save you $$$ instead of paying someone to do it, just use the experts for the specialist work, that's what I do.
Good luck
Mike

Thank you Mike for the kind words. It pleases me to think that another wonderful machine might once again be returned to it's former glory rather than fade away in some rust pile. {or worse:censored:} I would be quite happy to discuss the ins and outs of the restoration process, or just talk tractors!!
Feel free to email anytime.

Kind Regards, Kurt
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