Covid induced Ferguson TE20

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Wanna do my 1955 IH 300 Utility when you get through with that one Mac?:D

I want to a working resto on mine, fix my hydraulic pump, new brakes, new seat, paint it back red. It's on my , "I'll get to it eventually" list.....:rolleyes::rolleyes:
 
There is an IH 'working resto' in my future already. It's about ten years newer than yours, a 674. She needsa' new seat, new steering wheel, emergency brake, and working gauges. All this work will be 'when I get around to it'.
 
Anyhow I've been pickin' away at the body work on this hood. The top is done and one side is done.
 

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The hood is done now and painted on the inside. It's ready to go to the sandblaster/painter with the rest of the tractor to get brightened up.
 

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I took the poor little tractor to the sandblaster today. In the picture there is an old sleeping bag spread over the hood and then tied down.
 

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My sandblaster guy phoned to say he was done with the Ferguson. He did a lovely job. Here is the load of tractor that I brought home.
 

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Thank you Soltz.
I unloaded all of the pieces without scarring very much paint and got it in the shop. It's starting to look like a tractor already.
 

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I didn't take everything from the tractor to the sandblaster guy. The nuts and bolts, the starter, toolbox, generator, engine, and headlights quickly come to mind, so I have to sandblast, prime and paint them. My piles of sand are left outside and are polluted with leaves, grass, roots, and cat poop. I needed a sand screener, so I made one over the last few days. Here it is. My cordless drill turns it, and a wheel barrow fits under it. Pretty soon I'll be able to sandblast my brains out.
 

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The sand screener worked nicely. A couple of days ago I had some ratty old screen door screen pieces on the drum and it didn't do a nice job. There were to many bent and kinked overlap places for the debris to sneak out though. I went to town and splurged on a small roll of 'pet' screen and it is so much nicer. As I said the screener worked nicely, so I was able to sand blast a bunch of wheel nuts and other small pieces.
 

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