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I am not familar with Ford making a (belly, front, or mid- take your pick) -mount sickle mower, but I don't know that much about different models. These bolt on to the middle tractor frame somehow, between the front & back wheel and the sickle bar sticks out to the right just in front of the rear tractor tire. They are more difficult to mount & unmount than a 3-point mower, but they are more manuverable - easier to steer around things, can handle turns slightly better than a rear-mount. Often they lift with an awkward hand lever, but I'd guess yours uses the cable to lift with a 3-point hook. The shaft with the bigger double pully sticks out the back of the tractor right under the pto of your tractor, and a (double in your case) v-belt goes onto a double pully that slips onto the tractor pto shaft. All the 'little pieces' are probably mounting brackets stuff that help bolt it onto the tractor, etc. It is odd that all the sickle guards were unbolted; perhaps the original owner wanted to replace them because they were wore out, & decided not to bother when he found they run about $4 each.... Anyhow, the old ones are quite likey shot - they might have riveted ledger plates which are cheaper to replace. You will need to figure out what tractor it will mount on (there may be universal type mounting brackets, but still needs to match up to a certain size tractor) and you REALLY need that back pto pulley!!!! I see these type sell for less than $200 around here, closer to $25 - 50 most of the time. Unless it has some meaning to you, or you have the tractor it fits on, I would not restore it in the hopes of making any money. Better to see what you can get out of it as is - maybe someone wants it for parts or so.... Just my opinion.
--->Paul
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