Thanks guys, I do enjoy rebuilding stuff almost as much as using it! The background behind this tiller is that my Dad bought it in Sept. 1981 for about $1300. Back then, The Garden-Way (Troy-Bilt) company was one of the better companies around. Customer service was top notch, they were big on service, and they built amazingly good tools. This "Horse" model was so overbuilt that even after 27 years, very little other than rust removal was needed. My Dad kept EVERYTHING ever sent to him on this. They used to send out newsletters and sales flyers... I have them, new tine instruction manuals, why even a wall chart for maintinance!
The decals were sent to my Dad because Garden-Way thought that they did not hold up as they should and mailed new ones to all the buyers of thier tillers. My dad never put them on, and by the sole luck of God, he managed to keep his only son away from them as well and they survived about two decades safe and sound.
As for all the new projects, thanks guys... but if I took them all on, I would need to give up sleep! Although Scott.....
Nawh, I have a Craftsman lathe to finish, my Walker Turner bandsaw, and that new 17" Rockwell drill I just brought home! I did sandblast the last part of the lathe so that is ready to re-paint and put up for sale. I have only had it for a year!
