I plan on doing something similar.. But different..
I'm going to assemble a tractor from a wide array of things I been collecting. It won't technically be a "doodlebug", as I'm starting with a Massey-Harris chassis..
I plan to assemble it, and call it a 33 special diesel. It will be powered by a 2-71 Detroit from a scrapped crawler.
I saved the steer axle, steer cylinder, and steering motor from a scrapped MF 750 combine and I'm going to turn that into my front end. I don't care for how the MH wide fronts really turn, so with the hydraulics, and a different front end, I should have a different turning radius, and easier steering, plus built stronger..
This is all in a quest to have something that is like no other. I plan to invest a lot of time, so it looks almost like something that could have been produced, as opposed to a pile of scrap iron.
The plus side to my project is I have saved all the parts this far from being scrapped. The tractor chassis was headed to the crusher, it was already less a engine, most tinwork, radiator, etc.. I bought the crawler engine from a scrapper, and I scrapped the Massey combine. What tinwork I have collected now was destined for scrap, as it's pretty beat up.. but a little time will straighten it up, and if i have to cut and hack, I'm not ruining any good tin, just what was being discarded from someone else's project.
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