Cool video - could it be an arctic cat lawntractor? i know for a fact ( cause i had one) an arctic cat minibike . Hard to tell w/o researching it more- if the video had a front facing veiw of the grill, itd be easier to tell.
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Thanks Fearless! Can't wait to see your Craftsman build completely finished .
I was looking though the cupboards and found this Sweet chrome car exhaust. Could it be retrofitted to a lawn tractor? I was thinking of putting it underneath the tailgate or just having it underneath the fender. The old Grass Cat sticker is kinda ruined unless I could have a new one made so I thought of having the All Terrain Lawn Tractor Team sticker instead.
Here's the pics of the exhaust.
arild365 Member
Age : 28 Join date : 2010-02-11 Points : 5604 Posts : 320 Location : Canada, BC
I Finally found the original brand of my lawn tractor. It isn't a Dynamark at all but an Arctic Cat. It seems that the stock paint was pink and black... Here is the exact picture of my Arctic Cat.
MSteele323 Member
Age : 49 Join date : 2010-04-09 Points : 5495 Posts : 267 Location : Little Rock Arkansas
Actually, Arctic cat colors are black , green and purple- ive owned a few arctic cat snowmobiles.
Id definitly restore it now- thats a rare tractor. I never even knew they made lawntractors, i think i mentioned i did have a minibike - i was too young to know just how rare they were.....
MSTEELE: Leave it to idiots to invent a new fad....the funny bit of that video was at the end where the bubba gump dude was driving on the wrong side of the road AND blowing off that stop sign AND almost causing an accident.
Dynamarkpickup Member
Age : 29 Join date : 2010-03-22 Points : 5184 Posts : 28 Location : Canada BC, Vancouver Island
Yeah, I'm definitely not going to put any upgrades that can't be removed if I want to restore the Cat to stock.
Here's a small update on the Cat. I did not take off the tape due to wet paint. The red did turn out really well . I hope to do the hood this coming long week-end and get the engine running.
indianaboy93 Member
Age : 30 Join date : 2010-03-14 Points : 5366 Posts : 195
damn, U can paint mine once your done! Looks awesome! Keep it up!
Are you using a clear coat?
Thanks FearlessFront, I'm using a clear coat on everything. Want a nice smooth finish on the whole tractor when I'm done. So over this long week-end, I went over to Arild's place. We replaced the carb and she fired right up. Even got her driving with basically just a chassis
I also got the racing stripes painted on the hood. A strange thing happened though when I put some clear coat on the stripes. On the bottom of the middle stripe, a weird pattern emerged from the surface. It reminded me of a magnetized iron, when the iron 'stands up'.
There was also an extreme amount of corrosion on the bottom of one of the sides of the bed. Got rid of that now though
welder1991 Member
Age : 32 Join date : 2010-05-10 Points : 5146 Posts : 43 Location : Imler,PA
Sorry for a very long wait for an update. I haven't really had much done cause I'm presently at the mercy of some people in Vancouver to finish making my steering gear and the clutch pedal still isn't completely done. For those who might not have seen my most recent video, here it is with another one and some pics.
The Arctic Cat is still going to be a mild mod though. The steering gear should be done sometime next week. I'm still planning on changing the exhaust, doing a pulley swap, getting a battery,(probably a motorcycle one), getting all the electrical sorted out,[key start, lights, some sort of gauge, cigarette lighter (just for restoring it to stock, somewhat ], and of course getting some nice nobbers! Any ideas on how i could fit some bigger tires for the back would be great! Thanks.
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