Curious if mine will shake, something to look forward to when I finally get this thing running. At least mine has the side panels, I understand that a lot of them get taken off then misplaced or tossed. I picked up a lot of the incidental pieces that were missing (muffler shroud, tunnel cover, gearshift cover piece, etc.). I found a wonderful supplier of old parts not too far from me (western NC/SC border) who was very happy to help with missing parts (at a reasonable price too!). He is a tinkerer and ended up putting a '57 chevy small block into a 2082 because someone said it couldn't be done. The only real problem was the original axles got twisted off until he upgraded them to something a bit more stout. 200+ hp is probably more than IH had intended with the garden tractor in mind. The thing actually looks "normal" other than being stretched a bit, and the vertical straight headers he has installed that shoot flame when he feeds pressurized fuel to the exhaust stack.......quite the eye opener when you're not expecting it! Anyway, back to my more mundane project at hand. Thanks to those for answering my questions.
More pics of the progress to follow.......soon.
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