Some folks in OK and northern TX are losing a whole lot more than fenders today...Some of the tornadoes and wildfires are really getting violent...Glad ya only lost a fender...sounds like you are going to fix it again?

If you don't like the weather, just hang on a minute, It'll change! Temps in the 90's yesterday, today is sweat shirt weather...

Yep, I stripped all the paint off and started again. It actually looks better now than it did before, perhaps the wind was a blessing. It's all beginning to come together nicely. Since this 1650 has a manual lift (not sure why, just the way I got it), I decided a spring assist wouldn't be a bad idea, so, I bought one today. Have to figure out how to put it on. I'm thinking all the holes are there so it should be pretty straight forward. I need to get some pics posted soon but I always get busy and involved and forget to take them.:beerchug:

Oh, about the wind.....a tree blew down in the backyard of my rent house, I now have a back porch where my kitchen used to be. This is going to slow down the restoration!

Here is a hydro kit for the 1650:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Cub-Cadet-1650-H...-/220768964047