I had some free time this afternoon so me and the dog spent some time on the tractor. With my small portable heater and radio turned on I was ready to go. I removed grill and it's housing from the front of the tractor. The front grill logo plate was in pretty bad shape. It's made of aluminum and was showing it's age the decal was pretty pitted from 40 years of work. I did my best to clean up the aluminum. I was really surprised how well it polished up. Next I had to semi fabricate a logo decal out of the kit I had ordered off the internet. The exact decal I needed wasn't available but I did have an extra one in the kit that didn't have a home so I cut it to shape and applied it to the plate.

I also removed the gas tank. It is going to need to be painted. The last owner gave only the portion of the tank that was visible through the hood a quick paint job.

Frank the dog gets up from his blanket to view our progress.

The whole front of the tractor is in boxes on the garage floor. It now looks like something mad-max would use to mow his lawn.

I think my next task will be to remove the wheels and clean up the rims. The tires are all pretty dry rotted so once the wheels are done Ill get some new tires for it.
This project is quite the undertaking but the work is enjoyable.