Will This Homemade WW2 Era Garden Tractor Run After 20 YEARS Abandoned!?

Today we bring an abandoned WW2 era homemade tractor back to life!

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[richardthomas]

The best part about this video is Denny. The time you got to spend with him and the stories told over a few beers are pretty darn special and is something that you will remember for the rest of your life Kevin.

[mustie]

that was a great time men bonding, would be fun to do a tugawar with the home made one l got a few months ago. they are pretty evenly matched,

[HandTightGarage]

The happiness of Denny when he got to ride his old 'Go Kart' again just makes a guy feel good.

[BEAViSOnTheGram]

I love old timers like him. The knowledge, creativity, ingenuity… it amazes and inspires me.

[newstuffsucks...]

Great video. Danny is the type of guy who helped build this country, no excuses, figure it out and get to work. I always enjoy working with the old timers. The stories, and knowledge are priceless. Always good to stop talking and listen.

[Longtrailside]

Hope Denny reads all these comments about him and realizes how much he is liked and his stories are apprecieated. Hope to see a lot more content at the farm.

[jharpermedia]

I'm so glad this is turning into a series. At about the 10 minute mark I thought to myself how enjoyable it would be to sit down and have a beer with Denny. Apparently you had the same exact thought. Thanks Kevin.

[TimberWolf]

I like Denny, he's a good ol dude, man, he's the kind of man you can't help but hang out with, just cus he's got that charisma, and all those stories to tell.

[tekvax]

Kevin, I love the fact that you are listening to our mentors and seniors and documenting their stories!
We can not forget our past; thank you for including this, and please do more of this old-timer story builds!

[ImMor_]

So wholesome seeing two generation getting together over some homemade tractor. So much good stories and knowledge from the elderly. Brings back good memories of my grandpa. 👍👍

[Elkadetodd]

If ever there was a machine that qualified for one of AVE's "warning, machine predates safety" stickers, this one is it.

[MrSNAKE]

This is one of the coolest machines I’ve ever seen

[ollylewin]

This seems like a good deal for all. The farmer gets his stuff fixed and you get content out of it. Seems fair.

[WolfX]

That is a beautiful homemade tractor out of old junk and scrap metal built from WW2, and it actually works. Plus, I actually like the start up: 14:10, sparks flying: 16:05 - 18:25, and the drive: 16:30 - 19:30.

[junkman]

Tractor reminds me of the 1948 Gibson I resurrected from a junk yard I worked at. They were very simple back then.

[joe]

Seeing Denny's face and watching him tool that suckered around just made my day. We got to get all the knowledge we can from these guys before it's lost to time. Great job Kevin. Thanks for making my day.

[garageofscrap]

I’ve worked on a couple of older style engines like this, and they never cease to amaze me with how easy they run. I pulled a head off and beat on a piston to unsieze one once, and it still ran within a couple of hours work

Got to love the all in one intake and exhaust manifolds, all the power

[goat]

Seeing Denny riding off into the distance on his home made tractor made me smile ear to ear. He was about 15 at that moment.

[kylemccourt]

This reminds me of hanging with my 50 year old neighbor when I was a kid. I am his age now. He taught me so much about mechanics and even gave me my first car (after negotiating a price and making me save for it. RIP to all the old dudes that showed the young kids what's good! Now as a third career I teach film photography to high school kids, so I hopefully I am that old dude now👍👍