IH885XLMAN Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 ok i thought i lost pics of her forever aparently its poped up on ebay more than once a good little convo not the best but not the worst Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Light Land Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 That looks smart,You can just picture the black smoke being forced out as she pulls a grubber deep through the ground on a cold winters day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Udimore Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Mirrors look the bizz matey, exhaust is nice although a tad large Lets face it any Ford looks superb Well done & thanks for sharing those pics for us to enjoy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1972farming Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Very nice work IM885XLS . I also like the mirrors and those front weights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJB1 Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 Mirrors look the bizz matey, exhaust is nice although a tad large Lets face it any Ford looks superb Well done & thanks for sharing those pics for us to enjoy surly not a critisim of a ford buy your goodly self barry? you forgot to add it's the wrong grill as well :D but i like it :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 surly not a critisim of a ford buy your goodly self barry? you forgot to add it's the wrong grill as well :D but i like it :) the tractor that inspired it had the wrong grill aswell it was based on someones tractor that had the wrong front cowling due to an earlyer accident with a dry-stone wall \ so in a way its right but i know what your saying marcus im glad someone picked up on that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Udimore Posted July 12, 2006 Share Posted July 12, 2006 surly not a critisim of a ford buy your goodly self barry? you forgot to add it's the wrong grill as well :D but i like it :) Not a critisim just a little observation Marcus Didn't some of the 7000's have that style grill on them though as we had a couple on our farm and one certainly was similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted July 12, 2006 Author Share Posted July 12, 2006 I have a memroy lane pic in one of the tractore mag's that showed a ford servicemans van by 2 ford 7000s with the 6600 series grill on em in the mid 70s on a big arable farm during the harvest so you could be right "udi" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eurodeere Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 The pics of the 7000 are recent, it's been resprayed I would say and as the front grill was damaged and the original exaust shot the owner fitted a 600 series grill and 10 series II exaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted July 16, 2006 Author Share Posted July 16, 2006 The pics of the 7000 are recent, it's been resprayed I would say and as the front grill was damaged and the original exaust shot the owner fitted a 600 series grill and 10 series II exaust. the pics of my 7000 are 2 yrs old i remember taking the when i finnished her she has since crossed hands with two other owners ,she was also a bit of a pink elephant to me as the buyer said she was dammaged so new parts where sent with a discount I hear the next time it was on ebay it sold for allot more than i got ,,,but im not bitter just quite supprized i also learned off certain members on the forum how to make the mirrors better by drilling the cab door pillars and i should have left them loose for the buyer to fix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewHolland2 Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 Superb convo there mate......Good old Fords eh...... ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted July 20, 2006 Author Share Posted July 20, 2006 cheers mart I wonder where she is now :'( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted July 20, 2006 Share Posted July 20, 2006 cheers mart I wonder where she is now :'( Bet some one on here knows Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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