Why not find the best nut or bolt, if you can, on it and transfer it to a better machine to start with and save so much work. You could paint it a different color and be able to point to it and say "My uncle owned this"... :biggrin2:

wow, thats alot of work

A frame would be easier

I have removed a tall tunnel and replaced it with a shortone like a 100 has

Thought I saw a frame on ebay recently

Hood luck I want to see the finished product

Good luck on restoration. Will be watching your progress!:beerchug:

Yeah Im excited about it. I cant wait to get started and learn about this thing.

I appreciate all of the support guy! Ya'll are awesome!

You're up to date with your tetanus shot, right?

Not impossible, but may take a little longer.

Keep us updated.

Yep! Got my shot back in may Lmao! I can't wait to really dig in this thing.

Well.....
 

Well I Started stripping some parts off of the 70 to get it down to bare frame and get a game plan of what I was going to do. I have an idea of the end result. But Its going to take a lot of work which I'm good with because I'm going to do everything myself. The first picture was what I saw when I pulled the covers off. The second picture is whats left of the panel that the seat bolts to. The third picture is whats left of the transmission bolts for the shifter. The fourth picture is a leaking seal ( Big surprise there!). The fifth picture is what left after I finally got the dash off ( With the steering column). The sixth picture is the dash with column still attached. I have to get the steering off somehow. The last picture is rear end somewhat cleaned up after the shop vac.

Just noticed you've got the uber-rare twin-hitch option! :biggrin2:

Well, that probably makes up for all the other metal that wound up in the dirt somewhere when the tractor was sitting all those years.

Definitely gonna get a few gallons of PB-Blaster for Christmas I see. But, except for those few areas where the northbound rust and the southbound oxidation met in the middle of the panel, I'll bet there's still a few areas that are pretty solid on the ol' girl yet. Will be VERY interesting to see what the INSIDE of that housing looks like.

Keep up with the pix, and thanks for sharing!