126 project
 

Ive recently aquired a 126! Not a nice one but good enough for me! Plan on a full restoration/refurbish for this one. Looking at a previous thread didnt know these were rare, so ill do my best to put it all back to original :beerchug: but anyway heres the pics! First pic is the tractor, i have the deck but not attached, and painted up in Caterpillar yellow and black paint with some art on the hood. Second pic is a cool metal Caterpillar logo that came with it! The last pic is a little hard to see but the key is original i think as it had a raised IH on it!

Congrats on the 126, Dan! Looking forward to your restoration on it.

Nice find Dan, you'll have to get a trailer and bring all your cubs to Red Power Round Up :biggrin2:

Nice score Dan! I'm looking forward to your updates.

Thats the plan Adam!! :beer2:

Alan and Duke thanks! Ill make sure to post lots of pics! :beerchug:

Now to business on getting it restored. I havnt got it to run yet, still tearing into it to find all the broken parts. Ive got to do some surgery on the hood and trans tunnel. The tunnel cover on the 126 at the creeper slot has been bent with something and i can see cuts where someone almost started to open it further with a grinder wheel :bash2:. The hood holes where it bolts to the grille have completely broken away and the PO mod was done by taking different lenght flat stock with holes in it and drilled new holes in the hood to bolt it back on. So ill either need to find another hood or try to take the 102 parts tractor hood and make up the difference for the missing and mangled metal. Suprisingly the rear fenders are in great shape! Ive already decided on Firestone 23 degree rear tires and Firestone tri-ribs. Not sure what im going to do with the seat but i like it!

I love the grill mod,and the other mods, maybe if you leave it that way you could name it PSYCLOPS!!

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Don't you just love PO mods!!?? That is why I never sell them!!

What would the new owner type in this forum if I sold one of mine!!?? :bigthink:

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dan you need to do it like that bottom that cadplans posted to looks to nice

Dan, Did you get rid of your O? I don't see it on your sig

thihman im proud to say i own that o now

Yea i sold it to Dalton here. Cant keep up with lots of projects at once, and it drains the life out of paychecks haha. But thats ok, i know where it lives! :biggrin2: