David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Ok i thought id start a topic here going trough the conversion! How it started! And progress made! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Kiwi6920 Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 That wheel looks familar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 I have only one question, ??? ??? why would you do that to a very nice, collectable and desirable Marshall (Steyr) tractor that I would give my eye teeth for :o :o :o :o robbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Because i know this lad who has heaps of them!! and there not very good in terms of detail ect.. any way it could take me years to come across a model in bad shape with a perfect floor pan and cab! sure im not the only one on hear who gives rareish models the chop to make other's look at all the profesional conversion'ists on hear i bet you ask them have they ever gave a rare model the chop they'l reply yes! Yes Nick they are familar arent they what do you think of them with the bigger tyre's?? i think they look good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nashmach Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Looking good James - keep going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tractorman810 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 looking good mate, what chassis have you used for it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 thinking of doing a 1490 or 1494 dunno yet I can use my resin cast 1690 chassis and not alter them too much then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Hi lads Im using two britains renault cergos 340 chassis! now ive still got to get a JD4020 for its axle and an ertl 2294 for its bonnet im not going to do to much till i get the rest of the parts except for i may start adding detail to the cab also the front windscreen bar has to be lowered as its to high and the rear axle has to be cut back a bit as the width is to wide! but i will keep going with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabh7840 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 we used to have a 1690 4wd and boy she was a weapon i would love a model of one does any1 know who has made one before? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Yes powerrabit has made one before and he did a really good job at it! here's the link to it! http://www.farmtoysforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=15182.15 Nigel may of built one before i dont know?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabh7840 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 right thanks, cant wait to see this one your making finished Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Neither can I!!!! ;D but id say it will not be finished for a few weeks yet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Rabh was your DB1690 a straight 6 or was it turbo charged?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabh7840 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 ooooo itl be worth the wait ;) our 1690 was turbo charged my dad had her screwed to 150hp and put her in a newholland 525 forage harvester we had another older one i think it was turbo asweel but it was for the mower Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh i was just wondering because the Turbo charged one's when turned up are real beast's of tractor's weve got a 1690T and 1694 and also 2 2wd DB 1690's both 1980 the straight six was a good engine but were a bit underpowerd! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabh7840 Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 youve a good fleet of them the one we mowed with was couped off a silo twice and was a bit worse for wear but they were good tractors and simple and straightforward to work at. we had a long line of dbs from 2 cropmasters to 2 990s then a 780 then a 1200 then a 1412 then the two 1690s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Oh i was just wondering because the Turbo charged one's when turned up are real beast's of tractor's weve got a 1690T and 1694 and also 2 2wd DB 1690's both 1980 the straight six was a good engine but were a bit underpowerd! so in theory they could be discribed as wrongly numberd 1590(I know 1590s never exeisted)then you had the true turbo 1690-94 would i not be far wrong there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SIMON. Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I have only one question, ??? ??? why would you do that to a very nice, collectable and desirable Marshall (Steyr) tractor that I would give my eye teeth for :o :o :o :o robbo http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Lonestar-marshall-4wd-tractor-1-32-mib_W0QQitemZ280196834919QQihZ018QQcategoryZ117196QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem :D :D : : Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted February 22, 2008 Author Share Posted February 22, 2008 Just an update ive now got a bonnet for the DB 1690 and ive done some moddefications already for it to fit and i have to say im very happy with the result so far!! but plenty of work to do still and ive still got to get the JD 4020 axle as well ill post some pics tomorow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Here it is with the bonnet just sitting on it at the moment as ive got to finish cleaning it and ive got to do some filling ect.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bremner_metallica Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 looks good so far;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Thanks! im going to get a few JD 4020's tomorow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IH885XLMAN Posted February 23, 2008 Share Posted February 23, 2008 this is taking shape nice mate how many do u plan making mate ? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brown 1410 power! Posted February 23, 2008 Author Share Posted February 23, 2008 Hi nigel no exact number yet?? but im planning on making two 2wd DB 1690's for the time been! Im bringing one to meltham yorkshire for the DBTC show on june 29th to show of ect and if i have it finnished in time and if people would like me to build one's for them then ill take orders ill have to see! i wouldent of built it if it were not for the insperation from your builds nigel so thanks for all your help! and thanks to Kiwi nick and powerrabbit and any one else who have helped me get this far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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