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1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:37 am
by Greg Helmick (Stretch)
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:54 am
by Barnyard
That looks great Greg. I've been wondering what you have been up to and now I know. That is a beauty!
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:35 am
by Greg Helmick (Stretch)
Thanks Bill, I was about to give up on it
I couldn't get it to run worth a hoot, had an old timer help me out. Here the magnets in the magneto would get warm and lose their magnetism thus losing the spark
I myself would have NEVER figured that out
. It would run for about 1 or 2 minutes then would start missing like crazy, and then shut down
We changed the head of the mag and he runs like a clock
Stretch
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:39 am
by Bob McCarty
Nice job Greg. Now you just need some snow to push around with that pretty blade.
Bob
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 9:46 am
by Stanton
Looks AWESOME!! You do great work!
Nice that you have the hydraulic feature on your blade so you don't have to hop off the seat so much (like I do).
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:05 am
by twotone
That's a beauty for sure. Nice job!
Tom
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 10:38 am
by steveTN
Very nice!
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 12:33 pm
by Bill E Bob
Right spiffy little Cub
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 1:17 pm
by mrdibs
Very nice. What's the S/N? I have a '48 as well. Maybe I have one off the same line.
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:41 pm
by pharmerphil3
Looks great!
A first class job! I hope you get many years of enjoyment with it!!!!
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2012 5:27 pm
by Greg Helmick (Stretch)
Thanks everyone, I'm pretty proud of how he turned out also
And another BIG THANK YOU to Barnyard & Ricky Racer and others for their help. I could have never done it without the help from this Forum
And also Mrdibs the S/N # is 24828
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 7:49 am
by Smokeycub
Nice job Stretch! It looks great, and I love the hydraulic angle set up, pretty slick.
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2012 9:43 am
by Rudi
Greg:
You did a very good job on that restoration, beautiful '48 - just gorgeous
You have lots to be proud of. And yeah, you already know what I think of your blade
Yours is a little earlier than Ellie is not a lot -- but earlier.
Re: 1948 Restoration
Posted: Mon Oct 22, 2012 8:48 am
by mrdibs
Greg Helmick (Stretch) wrote:Thanks everyone, I'm pretty proud of how he turned out also
And another BIG THANK YOU to Barnyard & Ricky Racer and others for their help. I could have never done it without the help from this Forum
And also Mrdibs the S/N # is 24828
I think the serials are close. I'll check mine tonight.