[weaverama]

I do remember that Matt and that was a beautiful restoration job. What you are implying is that to do the job top notch, the hours of labor alone that someone would have to charge a customer would probably exceed the value of most any garden tractor out there, unless there is some other intrinsic value a customer has in the tractor.

And, I don't want to hijack this thread but.....

Let's assume though that a tractor is mechanically sound and all I need is a decent, non-rattle can, paint job to protect my cub for another 40 years. How many hours might one estimate to disassemble to a reasonable level, degrease, prepare, prime, paint and reassemble to something less than show quality? I understand that some will say it's not worth starting if you don't go all the way but someone has to have an in-between resto job.