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grandpa Love

grandpa Love

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Has anyone ever made their own hood panels? A buddy of mine said louvers are easy enough to punch? Opinions? Thanks
 
Here is another option. Don't doubt it could be done the way you are talking but I have found that if you can buy it off the shelf that is much more cost effective.
Lynch Farms parts
 
In my hot rod years, you could buy that punch tool. prob. still can. the hard part for us was cutting the slot. be a cinch today with hi-speed cut off wheel.
 
Grandpa Love, I found mine on Craigslist for $200 and a 4 hour drive to Harrisburg Pa. If your buddy can make them I can get you some measurements if you need them. I need one more panel for the wide front 77.
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Hey Greg Oliver measurements would be great! Funny story....we wanted to put green lights on our Oliver for Christmas, but every store in town was out of em. Driving around the other night we saw where they were! Some family lined their whole darn fence! Yours looks great!
 
Big JT ...... I've seen that supplier advertised over the years, looks like a good price for sure. I can't even begin to imagine someone thinking they could make those up in their home shop without 1) a lot of experience, and 2) the proper equipment. Waiting around for a decent used set ..... well one poster said five years. I suspect a guy might be below ground when some good ones showed up. Someone mentioned a high speed cut off wheel for cutting the initial lengthwise slots .... I'd pay money to see that and the result.
 
Grandpa Love, I am thinking on how to measure it and be accurate. If I put it on a sheet of plywood as the panel is not a rectangle and measure over and photograph measurements? Any other ideas?
 
I mentioned the tool & cut off saw, thinking back to the short louvers ,[3-6 inches] like we used to put in our hoods.before i saw picture--
 
Did I mention we named the tractor Dave? Because we got it from my buddy Dave. Not good in a skirt.......
 
For sure those big side panels with the long louvers would be a challenge. I suspect the metal removed with a cut off saw might cause some issues since it's not really a clean cut where one edge is the start of the next, etc. Interesting post for sure ...
 
(quoted from post at 17:40:05 12/27/18) Grandpa Love, I am thinking on how to measure it and be accurate. If I put it on a sheet of plywood as the panel is not a rectangle and measure over and photograph measurements? Any other ideas?
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Trace it on paper and mail it to him.
 
Well I knew they were avaialble and that was just the first link that showed them. I have seen them advertise for years also, never dealt with them. Posted in a bit of a hurry so forgot to mention that you also need to work out the latches, roll over the rods for the hinge and on a more minor note come up with the spring to hold them in place.

jt
 
I'd pay money to see that and the result.


If enough of us paid to see it,he could use the money to buy new ones. lol


Trouble with cutting and stamping is that you'd have a big gap,and they didn't have one. The bottom of the outer part lined up with the inner part. Toughest part of finding used ones would be living where there weren't that many of those tractors to begin with.
 
Call John Hall. His contact info is in the ad. I won't say with any certainty that he has any,but he's got an awful lot of stuff tucked away around there.
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RRL ..... yes, dealership location is certainly a factor. Along with the fact that a lot (well some for sure) farmers took the panels off and left them off for easy access to the engine area or for cooling issues. When the tractor was moved or sold, the panels often got left behind and were never back with the original unit. I know that many a Massey Harris tractor suffered the same fate. Manufacturers seemed to move away from hinged removeable side panels when the 50's rolled around.
 
I get a few parts from him now and then. He's about six miles or so from my place. I went to school with his dad and uncle.
 
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