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Hi Darren,
Sorry I can’t help but will be pleased to hear if others can as I have had a similar experience, ending up with me mixing my own.
Whilst most of my old aquisitions have been predminently the Darker Green I have ahd some that look like the original showing bright Green however these were mid 60’s models not as old as yours.

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Afternoon folks……. The trip to the Powder coaters has thrown up a question regarding the colour. We had both the BS and RAL colour swatches, but were unable to find a good match. Did Atco have their own colour mixed or did they use something already available? The closest we could find was a Mid Brunswick Green. The machine has been painted at some point in its life and I would like to get this back to the original colour. Picture 8 on page 1 shows the original colour behind the chain case and on the inside. The colour is more Olive green than the later darker, greener, green! Any ideas???

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That’s the one, second cousin to the Bex Bissel!

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I wondered if you still had rusty merlin Nigel

Breathing some life back into the old girl!!

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really liking the look of this machine!
fast progress too.
at this rate you’ll be able to wrap it up and put it under the tree for yourself.;)

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havent given it any thought john its just evolving every day out of old bits that have been laying around, got to use them up before my boy has his anual christmass blitz on the workshop and it all ends up down the scrappy,(he abuses the eldery) 😀

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Coming along as if you have given this loads of thought Nigel,does not have that bitsa look either.

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thanks john, well its day 3 of the build, took some 12″ wheels and hubs off one of those old red things and stuck them on the back, found an old diesel engine on the shelf and got it fitted, now you can see why i used the rear axle that i did (the drive is on the left) then i had to make the dashboard 3″ taller to fit over the engine the next job tommorow is to start making the other panels fit. Now the hardest part for me with this build is i want the finished tractor to have the oily rag look and i have never done that before

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Frankie’s ready for a work out, bit more playing around needed but broke the back of it now. Might have a word with that decal man Titch next year to see what he can do for a younger horse. Pleased I didn’t break it now, I have a a spare deck but will have to look out for the lifting gear to give it a go on the grass next year.

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Thanks Andy, thats brilliant. Re the bearings, my vernier has stopped working, changed the battery? Dead! Couldnt measure them and these guys were really helpful last time I needed bearings and seals for the Gem….. Thanks Ray, if I could identify them…… cheers!

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Nice and nostalgic looking Nigel. reminds me of many tractors,and this ones the closest. great start.

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Fully agree with our Chairman, its a damn good show !!

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then i got a couple of bits of 25m box made a start on the chassis and then offerd a gearbox up to it again this came from the electrac then i plonked some panels on to get the basic lines of my build, i will be fitting 12″ wheels to the back later

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i found some old 12″ wheels drilled a 40m hole in the center and welded thu hubs in

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now i had some little wheels that came of an old electrac mower but were to small for what i wanted but as i wanted to use the front axle cos it was wide i decided to cut them up and just use the centres

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