mb86 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 These models should have had that style front rim fitted by marge, looks spot on. Are you changing the rears too? Your first 9700 conversion is being well looked after, washed regularly and polished twice a year. she has been re decaled as an 8700 though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 (edited) Hi Martin,no the rears are staying,i think they are correct,mind you you could advise me there,glad you still have the 9700, now the 8700,im going to do another 9700 very soon Martin,watch this space Edited December 14, 2016 by Paul Palmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 2 hours ago, Paul Palmer said: Hi Martin,no the rears are staying,i think they are correct,mind you you could advise me there,glad you still have the 9700, now the 8700,im going to do another 9700 very soon Martin,watch this space Late q cab 10 series would have the dished centres, not sure on exact date off the top of my head, possibly 84/85. Are you doing the 9700 in the same way you did the last one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 14, 2016 Author Share Posted December 14, 2016 1 hour ago, mb86 said: Late q cab 10 series would have the dished centres, not sure on exact date off the top of my head, possibly 84/85. Are you doing the 9700 in the same way you did the last one? so are my rear wheels wrong? and yes the 9700 will be done exactly the same way Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Depends on what age you want it to be, my 7610 is c reg, which is one of the last q cabbed ones built. It has dished centres. If yours is a reg it should in theory have the Sankey centres like the 6600. Of course plenty of these will have had later style ones fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 18 hours ago, mb86 said: Depends on what age you want it to be, my 7610 is c reg, which is one of the last q cabbed ones built. It has dished centres. If yours is a reg it should in theory have the Sankey centres like the 6600. Of course plenty of these will have had later style ones fitted. Thanks Martin,my uncles was A reg,i seem to remember this discussion about the rear wheels of this tractor before,but here is another picture,let me know what you think Martin 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Those are clearly the dished rims the same as your model. Is that photo from when the tractor was new? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 15, 2016 Author Share Posted December 15, 2016 3 minutes ago, mb86 said: Those are clearly the dished rims the same as your model. Is that photo from when the tractor was new? yes Martin,it is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 I stand corrected in that case! I am curious now to find out when they changed, the brochures I have of the q cab 10 series have photos of both styles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 1 hour ago, MadMark said: It was about 83/84 they changed the dished rims Martin, dad had a X reg 6610 with the 66 style rims/centres then tractor was changed to a A reg with square style dishes. Great. Thanks mark, I wasn't a million miles out with the year. My excuse is I'm not old enough to remember 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 (edited) this one is nearly finished,lots of small detailing,cab grab rails added,bonnet grab rail added,painted rear number plate lights,painted wheels and wheel nuts and wheel centres,cab roof aerial added,cab door handles painted, rear reflectors painted, rear window frame also painted,just to weather the roof and im waiting on a numberplate,thats it,might lightly weather the tractor all over Edited December 17, 2016 by Paul Palmer 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 roof greened up 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 17, 2016 Author Share Posted December 17, 2016 1 minute ago, MadMark said: Nice job Paul thanks Mark,how are things with you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 17, 2016 Share Posted December 17, 2016 Looking good Paul. A lot of small details that britains should have done for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 8 hours ago, MadMark said: Going well at the moment Paul, not done any conversion work for months now and not really bothered about doing any. What with the other half we do a lot of biking yes me on a mounting bike must be doing me some good as lost a lot of weight. glad to hear it Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 5 hours ago, mb86 said: Looking good Paul. A lot of small details that britains should have done for you. thannyou Martin,i think the model looks finished now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 18, 2016 Author Share Posted December 18, 2016 (edited) i would like to have a go at the universal hobbies ford 8830,but pointed out to me sometime ago by bluegreen(Phil) uh have got the wrong mudguards on,has anybody attempted to put on the floorpan/mudguards from the smaller fords by universal hobbies,ie the gen II and gen III fords,6410,7810 etc? as these mudguards would be correct, i know i would still have to paint them black though,any thoughts or ideas are welcome, i have looked at the marge model 8830,but they are very difficult to get hold of,and ones that are available are fetching good prices Edited January 10, 2017 by Paul Palmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 Any ideas people? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mb86 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 Paul. I might be able to do the same as I did for the britains cab, I think I have both the 10 series and the tw cab in a box somewhere. I will have a look when I get time but it might take me a while as I have a lot in at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justy 46 Posted December 20, 2016 Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) Wrap those rims in bigger rubber anyways for starters !! And add weights to the rear rims .. Edited December 20, 2016 by justy 46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 (edited) thats all in hand Justin,tyres from a britains tw 30/35, weights coming from Convo,i just want to know if this convo can be done Edited January 3, 2017 by Paul Palmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 20, 2016 Author Share Posted December 20, 2016 7 hours ago, mb86 said: Paul. I might be able to do the same as I did for the britains cab, I think I have both the 10 series and the tw cab in a box somewhere. I will have a look when I get time but it might take me a while as I have a lot in at the moment. would appreciate that Martin,thankyou Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 24, 2016 Author Share Posted December 24, 2016 done a bit to this today,not just a case of swapping floorpans over,a bit of cutting and spacing needed,pictures after xmas,also need a britains tw 30/35 for its tyres,i want to put fatter tyres than universal hobbies ones,also will have to paint the mudguards from white to black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Palmer Posted December 26, 2016 Author Share Posted December 26, 2016 (edited) some pictures,painted the 7810 cab/floorpan,need to spray the wheels the correct colour,bigger tyres to add and add front mudguards,i had to move the toolbox and steps on the right hand side and as i said,its not just a case of swapping over the cab from the 7810,at least now it has the correct mudguards,i will add front weights and look and see if an imber front linkage i have will fit,also rear wheel weights to finish it off Edited December 26, 2016 by Paul Palmer 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne D Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Taking shape nicely Paul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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