Restored my early 1970s JD pedal tractor....pics

[SWIGIN]

My great grandpa bought this pedal tractor and wagon for me and my brother back when we were born. Here is a old picture of when he gave it us around 1974,
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Here is how it looked a few weeks ago.
http://i40.tinypic.com/nd0xtv.jpg

It got backed into by a Suburban back in the 80s and broke the steering wheel and seat off and bent the rear axle on both sides real bad.

My Mom has said that she would like to restore the old pedal tractor a few times over the years so I decided that this year I'll redo it for her for Christmas. Well, I found a place that sells parts for any brand pedal tractor so I got new parts for it and here is how it looks tonight.

http://i42.tinypic.com/de2ww2.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/dzgrw5.jpg

http://i39.tinypic.com/1q4hzd.jpg

My parents are going to put it inside there new house as a decoration.

Just wanted to show the newest odd thing I cleaned up....lol

[dcreel]

Awesome.. It looks great.

[Eric250R]

Wow man, great job !!

[atc007]

ONE of the coolest things I've seen on here!! Awesome job !!

[Vealmonkey]

You never cease to amaze me. I really got to get the piston and gasket kit up to you for the Ascott engine.

[hillbilly 200x]

This is a great thread. My pedal tractor that my grandfather gave to me for my first Christmas (17 years ago) is in my loving room right infornt of the tree. I am sorry I know I am going to make a few people mad but i"f it ant red leave it in the shed." lol:twisted: 137143
137144 I wish I could know the amount of miles that are on mine.

[coolpool]

That will be an awesome Christmas present for her. My hat's off to you. And a very nice job might I add.

[SWIGIN]

Thanks guys!

It felt good to do it knowing that she has no idea how far I went with it. She just thinks I put a seat and steering wheel on it....lol

[Mr. Clean]

Very cool!!! So in the first pic are you "driving" or "riding"?

[SWIGIN]

I am in the trailer....lol

[ezmoney1979]

Great job! What happened to the trailer? Did the Suburban get it lol?

[SWIGIN]

I dunno, Mom just said it was thin sheet metal and that it didn'tlast long. We MIGHT have been hard on our toys.....

[blue27]

WOW!! looks good, glad you are doing something and not just sitting around.lol

PS I have work for you

[Vealmonkey]

I can't believe you let Bubba drive! LOL

[SWIGIN]

I can't believe you let Bubba drive! LOL

LMAO!!

I guess I didn't know any better yet!

[HondaHarry]

I used to have one of those! With the trailer too! I rode that thing everywhere. It got stolen, or I would probably still have it.
The trailer was around forever until we moved.

3 of us in the neighborhood had them, I had a JD, kid next door named Keith had a JD and my friend Jake had an IH. Keiths dad made tire chains for all of us so we
could get around in the snow. Great work! Looks better than new! Thanks for making me smile today. HH

[250x]

i'd like the link to the parts website. Looks great BTW.

[SWIGIN]

Great story Harry!

250x, Here is the place I used http://www.easternpedalproducts.com/parts.html They have places in MD and NY.

[Orangecnty250r]

Love it!! Great Job!!.....By next christmas you can track down a trailer on ebay bring the mates back together again.

I had a pedal fire truck..( I live in a fireman town) my parents used to take the batteries out of the siren :(:cry:

[jason85atc250r]

I can't believe you let Bubba drive! LOL

Hey i thought we got along Pat? LOL

Maybe know we know why my brother acts the way he does maybe i tipped it on the side rite after the pic.

[pantera1975]

i'd like the link to the parts website. Looks great BTW.

http://www.somofarmtoyparts.com/

Here is where I get most all of my parts for the model pulling tractors I make. There great people to deal with. That pedal tractor look nice. I have I think 9 Case and Case IH pedal tractors.

[Vealmonkey]

We get along just fine. But when I asked your brother once why you rode in seperate vehicles alot, he just gave me this angry and scowling stare! LOL Needless to say I didn't bring it up anymore.

[SWIGIN]

We get along just fine. But when I asked your brother once why you rode in seperate vehicles alot, he just gave me this angry and scowling stare! LOL Needless to say I didn't bring it up anymore.

................i remember that....lol

[kiser]

Nice lil Deer you have there!! My dad, my girlfriend and me collect JD and IH pedal tractors. I restored her IH she had as a kid last summer and plan to restore mine and a few others this winter. Ill try to post up some pics of our collection.

[racer....X]

That looks great! My oldest son has one that I need to do a little work to.

[R-tifacts]

Great job, nothing runs like a deere

[JasonB]

lol awesome!!!! Great job on the restore! looks brand new again


I have a picture like that of me and my brother Eric with our pedal tractor and trailer. It was an International :D

[jason85atc250r]

We get along just fine. But when I asked your brother once why you rode in seperate vehicles alot, he just gave me this angry and scowling stare! LOL Needless to say I didn't bring it up anymore.

He is afraid to ride in a quality vehicle thats why you got the scowl.

[Vealmonkey]

LOL That's pretty funny. I can't believe that he hasn't come up with a special "wrap" for your truck yet! LOL

[Yamaha_Rider]

Very nice restore SWIGIN !!! I restored mine a couple years ago with the help of Kiser's dad, I rode the tires off of it when I was a kid, it's a 1965 JD 20 (D-65).

[brapp]

have anyonf youguys seen any of the pedal tractors same bodystyle as swignins but in indudtrial yellow? are they rare? i need to find a seat for mine my kids been riding ther hell out of it the last few years.

[Yamaha_Rider]

have anyonf youguys seen any of the pedal tractors same bodystyle as swignins but in indudtrial yellow? are they rare? i need to find a seat for mine my kids been riding ther hell out of it the last few years.

Yes, they are somewhat rare but available if you really look for them. They aren't highly valuable since they aren't old, they were made in the early 90's. I have seen some still new in the box bring as much as $800. They are the same casting as the model 55 produced at the same time so restored ones can easily be fake. I get my parts from www.pottersfarmtoys.com they will have the seat you need and they are located in PA.

[brapp]

well mines origional ive had it sinc ei was young i think i got it back in 89 or 90 ish

[Yamaha_Rider]

That's cool, it takes the same seat as the 55 and they are about $15 I think.

[Yamaha_Rider]

Check this out! I'm curious to see how much this one brings, looks like a good chunk! :crazy:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-John-Deere-Pedal-Tractor-Industrial-Box-NOS-/380405204737?pt=Diecast_Vehicles&hash=item5891eac701

[brapp]

yeah thats the same oine i have but alot nicer