Kubota Restores Some Of Their Classics

[ItBmine]

I thought this was pretty cool.

1979 KH10 excavator, other rare Kubotas found and restored

A Kubota engineer tracked down 19 of the company's rare, first models to restore for Kubota Tractor Company's 50th anniversary in the U.S.

www.equipmentworld.com

 

[DustyRusty]

It reminded me of how GM saved the first Pontiac that they produced, and lost track of it for decades only to find it when they were cleaning out an old warehouse. I know that NYC has a museum of all its old police cars, but it isn't open to the public.

 

[ItBmine]

I'd love to have an old restored L or a McCulloch tractor like those.

 

[fried1765]

I thought this was pretty cool.

1979 KH10 excavator, other rare Kubotas found and restored

A Kubota engineer tracked down 19 of the company's rare, first models to restore for Kubota Tractor Company's 50th anniversary in the U.S.

www.equipmentworld.com

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Very nice!
Thanks for posting that!

 

[Benhameen]

Pretty cool article. Wonder if they thought to create a thread here while looking for models to restore?

 

[ItBmine]

Apparently they don't look at any of these tractor forums, nor do they reach out to customers because I never knew they were looking.

 

[GeoHorn]

There’s something “stinky” about that story tho’…. if the Amish farmer painted it green…. show me a speck of green paint anywhere on it.

 

[GreensvilleJay]

if 'restored' why did they put a new WRONG bucket on it ??

 

[GeoHorn]

Here’s one proposed tractor model they’d likely rather forget about…

 

[PaulL]

Here’s one proposed tractor model they’d likely rather forget about…

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Looks pretty cool to me. Not sure I could get my better half to agree to wear that outfit whilst driving it though.

 

[ItBmine]

I would take that "tractor"! That would be awesome to drive inparades.

 

[DustyRusty]

There’s something “stinky” about that story tho’…. if the Amish farmer painted it green…. show me a speck of green paint anywhere on it.

I am certain that every part on the restored tractors was sandblasted clean, primed multiple times, and sanded to perfection prior to the color coat is applied. Most likely it is a base coat clear coat paint job. This is why it is so expensive to do a ground-up restoration on a car, truck, or tractor.

 

[DustyRusty]

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