You're right there - certainly appreciate having two lungs now!
We had to put the rake on hold in order to get the tractor done for the parade, but it's REAL close. Hopefully we'll be putting it into use next time we get some sunny weather.
I'll stick the latest pictures in here. (but all the teeth are now on, rear wheels are on - pretty much just need to put the strippers back on.)
The most frustrating part about the rake was trying to get the colors right.
We did a lot of research on the colors and went largely on what little paint was left under bolt heads, etc.
End results look pretty gaudy to me. Not so sure we got it right, not that it REALLY matters.
(it IS a little more toned down in real life -camera makes the colors look a lot brigher).
Very little reliable info to go on. I only found one original color picture, but relying on an old picture for a color tone is pretty useless.
But again - doesn't really matter - just kind of bugs me a bit. Wish there was reliable source of color data. I'd just like to see exactly what one looked like new.
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