Followup - I spent about 30 min's on the phone with Dave Chapman, the big kahuna at Hollisters, who in addition to offering these conversions, also restores old AD trucks. He has installed several sets of these conversions and has made a few improvements from learnings. I will definitely use his conversion kit when I get there. One concern, besides the obvious, is passing this old truck off to my boys knowing that they will have a devil of a time finding replacement drums on the 3600's. Check out that yellow 3600 on his website.

http://www.thehollisterroadcompany.com/gallery.html


Allen
Yeah, well, that's just like, you know , your opinion, man - The Dude

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1964 Ford 2000 Tractor - Use it every week
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