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adamf203
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 Posted - 05/12/2013 : 12:59:08
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So last fall there was an IRS sponsored auction for a small construction company that evidently hadn't paid their taxes for a long enough period that they decided to seize and auction everything. When I saw everything, I mean it - garbage pails, scrap metal, etc. Included were also some pedal tractors (the guy had approximately 80 tractors displayed, but cut a deal to only auction 6 of the unrestored ones). Having always wanted one when I was a kid, I decided to buy one - $86 winning bid, fending off a few guys.
Here is what she looked like when I got her - Ertl 404 International 1086.
Ertl made this version from the early 1970's (metal wheels, seat, steering - 1066 version) to the late 1980's (plastic wheel, seat, steering - 1086 version). I decided to restore it to the 1066 version, and hopefully pass it to my children if that should happen in the future. Its primarily cast aluminum, so the painting process is a little more involved as we needed special primer...
Here is the process thus far;
Blessed by having free use of the body shop and all of the material because of my family. My uncle put the final color and clear on it so I wouldnt have to redo it...LOL.
Ordered all new parts from a husband and wife in PA, and it is starting to come together;
Anyone have these when they were kids? |
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Cvans
USA
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Posted - 05/12/2013 : 14:00:04
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No but I did purchase one from Pollard International just like that for our kids. Don't remember why it ended up in the iron pile 
Yours turned out very nice.  |
East Central South Dakota
The democracy will cease to exist when you take away from those who are willing to work and give to those who would not.
Thomas Jefferson
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Edited by - Cvans on 05/12/2013 14:00:41 |
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skunkhome
USA
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Posted - 05/12/2013 : 16:53:00
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Well not red , but we did have a CA and
then a D17 in 1958. I bought a Wd45 for my grand kids that ended up in California.
Btw your restoration looks great. |
  Phil
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither safety nor liberty."
Benjamin Franklin |
Edited by - skunkhome on 05/12/2013 16:54:27 |
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adamf203
USA
384 Posts |
Posted - 05/12/2013 : 17:16:47
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| I'm looking for another, but pickings are slim in Connecticut. |
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New Tractor... She's small and RED :)
