Over the weekend we first started up amidst clouds of smoke - you should always turn off the cold start tap to prevent the combustion...

Dad got the brakes back together yesterday both left and right sides. The new springs we got on Monday work great and fit nice and snug. ...

Yesterday we sourced two new brake cam shaft springs that push a washer on the rear of the brake back plate. This is designed to keep the...

Today we got the wheels reassembled & fitted although they still need another coat of orange. The second RH brake shoe got relined and...

Progress made over the last three days includes the first coat of top orange paint on the rear wheel rims and disks. The rear linkage is...

The past couple of days Dad has progressed getting more primer on the transmission, left hand rear wheel and brake components. Today he...

The last few days have been spent stripping the left hand brakes and preparing the whole rear end for undercoat and top coat. Two coats...

On Monday we stripped down the air compressor control unit and valve. By doing so we managed to get satisfactory air flow to run the...

A busy day today as both Dad and I were at work with some help from Conor. First up the hydraulic top cover was replaced on to the...

Dad spent the majority day today stripping the R.H rear wheel. He managed to remove the wheel centre (hub) from the rim easily enough...

Yesterday we spent an hour or two on a couple of things. First, we used the detailed instructions from the Fordson Pages website to set...

I've updated most of the current pages with up to date information of where we’re at. I have also added new pages under the 'Project'...

Dad finished the bonnet preparation for painting in the last couple of days. He also prepared a number of other pieces for painting...

I managed, at last to get to the bonnet. It was covered with many coats of paint and exhaust carbon. Owing to a late start and some work...

The second coat of Empire Blue was sprayed this afternoon on the hydraulic lift components. Dad also made a start in stripping the...

The first top coat of empire blue was sprayed yesterday on to the primed components. Hopefully a second coat will be on today. Dad and I...

Yesterday a good while was spent making the final prep for spraying the undercoat primer for all the hydraulic lift components. The paint...

A couple of small advancements yesterday: The left hand drop arm gave a good fight but using the new propane torch and a lot of leverage...

Having removed the left-hand drop arm and link arm on Monday. Dad had tried in the previous days to strip the drop arm adjusting rod and...

After some discussion about the seized Qualitrol yolk and spring assembly we decided that we should have another attempt to remove it...