Wow, came home to quite a response on this thread, I guess I'm used to our Site comments threads ;).
We just went over it and I think it is probably a Ford made by Schwartz as people noticed. The bottom paint on the loader arms is Ford blue. The mounts are hacked together with some pretty rough welds so it certainly didn't belong on this tractor.
People were right on the bucket too, it is indeed a Case 580B-E TLB bucket. Someone did a reasonable job of mating the bucket to the loader so it can be removed quickly while leaving bucket stock.
Son was showing me the tilt steering wheel. Pretty cool feature for 1965.
I'd be more comfortable if he had a ROPS but I doubt there are any around now.
Thanks for all the replies. It's definitely fun to get a new tractor. Motivates you. We'll get him to start a journal when he starts working on it.
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