Let's bring This Awesome Tractor Back To Life!

I picked up this homemade volkswagen tractor built in the 70s off th e internet needing a bunch of love, this is the final video of what it needs fixed. then we take it out for a spin to see how it does,

[@Inisfad]

I hope that the man that built this tractor was able to watch his creation come back to life. Well done!

[@alan6832]

If you want to free rusted wheel cylinders, hit the brake harder. he needs to climb all the way onto the tractor and put his whole body into pushing that brake pedal, then maybe try hitting the pedal with a big mallet.

[@jmaxim80]

I'll tell you what, Mustie, I give a hell of a lot of credit to the man that engineered that tractor from scratch. For it to still work that well and the fact you were able to service it as easy as you did is a testament to how well he engineered it. If anyone has ever tried anything like this, it's not easy, and to have the forward thing of having maintenance in mind is a whole other level. Great job on your end to Mustie. You did a solid for the man who made that machine. I hope it serves you well.

[@Biokemist-o3k]

I was just going to say everything you wrote. I was also going to add. Who was this guy?

[@rydplrs71]

Easy rehab? I’d bet he had over 40 hours working on it into this episode alone. He could have done 1/2 that much work on customer cars to go buy a tractor just as capable in working condition. Then you have to factor in the other 2 episodes. If he wasn’t doing it for the purpose of making a video there wouldn’t be an argument to say it was worth it.

[@logansylvester8093]

​@@rydplrs71 other than labor and some parts, he probably has nothing close into this one that you would have to spend on a working one with a cab

[@robertwittjr1198]

@@rydplrs71 the "worth" is a machine that was someones idea, that he made from other peoples leftovers that STILL has function and purpose. as for the video part, who would believe some of this channels adventures if not viewed? these are his projects, fixed for himself and yes, sometimes sold, but the challenge is part of the fun. just my opinion.

[@rydplrs71]

@@logansylvester8093 my time is worth something, I hope you respect yourself enough that you value yours. I have a regular job and side jobs. Working on a project takes time away from either making money or enjoying recreation. The it’s only time argument only works if you don’t have hobbies except sitting on the couch. In which case you aren’t motivated enough to work enough to fix up this rig. Like I said he could have done less work and bought something that worked for less work. In this case he is making money from KZbin so his equation is different then yours or mine. My tractor I bought and fixed up. It was $2000 +$500 and about 10 hours to get a $5000 tractor. I don’t usually earn $250 an hour on my side gigs so the math worked. I will preemptive take on the next reply, someone doesn’t have enough paid work to fill their time. They could if they wanted to. This weekend I made $500 fixing flipping a couple mowers I bought on Friday and sold today, plus $300 reselling a couple other things I buy in bulk, plus had time to spend with my girlfriend when she was free. Next weekend I’m going kayaking and I’ll do sales and flipping around that schedule.

[@johnnytruck2009]

I’m sure the person who created it would love to see it restored by you. Someone who appreciates it.

[@alan6832]

The bake master cylinder might still be good if the builder used a good brake assembly lube. Yes a lube goes on there. It's called brake assembly lube and as I understand it, brake assembly lube is extremely helpful at protecting underutilized brakes from rust.

[@Polecat54941]

Love the fact this channel has 0 musak blaring throughout like every other channel seems to feel necessary!

[@richardwarnock2789]

My 69' bug came with A.C. it worked it had that pulley!

[@Testing-123]

Loved that last scene of all the SS Minnows in the harbor

[@nickraschke4737]

They guy who built this deserves to be remembered. No clues?

[@1pcfred]

Popeye made it.

[@pmae9010]

It's nice to see that back in action, it's why we watch.

[@srtautoworkz]

That tractor couldn't have found a more perfect owner, a VDub and a small engine lover.

[@MikeyMack303]

The person that made that tractor was a serious engineer......making his own bolts of threaded rod and welding nut on to it! That 's a great little machine! Nice work.

[@paulcooper2897]

That tractor was a year of building in some guys garage. Nice to see it surviving and not turned into scrap metal! Thanks for sharing 🇨🇦

[@ksavage681]

I was thinking five year build. The builder knew what he was doing for sure.

[@armstronggeorge1533]

Some guy was one heck of an builder mechanic engineer.

[@andrew5792]

Where I was working back in the 80's we had 10 and 15 KVA, trailer mounted generators that where powered by VW engines.

[@davidcoates4852]

VW made industrial engines for generators,pumps etc. I have even seen one as backup on a ski lift.

[@CCNB04]

That tractor is bad ass. I love homemade builds like that. I really appreciate the hinge gas pedal.

[@thomasjarosz7406]

Mustie 1, "Lets Wrench". God Bless

[@josephlwallssr6166]

Ausum, Daryl! Looking forward to winter, to see how "Sweet Pea" does in the snow!Spring is here!

[@joolwing]

One of the coolest machines on this channel.

[@rexkars7867]

What a creation !! Love it!

[@DancerOfClouds]

This was a wonderful mini series with an awesome mini-tractor. I hope you know how much you and your skills are appreciated. Thank you for taking us along.

[@00708046]

Your skills and knowledge are amazing not to mention your instincts . You are so capable ! You must feel really accomplished . Thank you for shedding your light on us !

[@gazvlogs7459]

Yesss!!! 1 hour and 30 minutes of pure mustieness.

[@tracywagoner4907]

This is a really cool little project. What a fun little fabrication and rescue.

[@jasonh3220]

Built like a tank 💪👍

[@OleYankeeFarm]

A partial beetle hood would be cool on this. This is something my Dad would have built. He is 87 and currently splits wood with a homemade splitter with a VW engine

[@OleYankeeFarm]

@@ritchiesokol1061 I like Bahama blue

[@slowstang88]

That's a pretty solid garage manufactured tractor!

[@hyabussa5747]

Thanks for sharing Mustie1.

[@fonhollohan2908]

Definitely re-paint ' Sweep Pea " back on her, nice little ole Tractor, Win win on that one Mustie. ..cheers!!!

[@bobvarrica5541]

Love it when you find these oddball machines! Remember the two stroke blender? When it was done you and your honey made a cocktail!

[@jblack8679]

Yeah, I would so love to be able to see a video of the original build of this machine. Hats off to that guy.

[@Jim-ie6uf]

Darren, I think you might have met your match with this master fabricator. Great job getting it going again!

[@rogerborg]

What a great tribute to the genius that built this.

[@bigteddy66]

Little trick I learned years back remove brake pipe and replace with grease nipple pump with grease. Usually they will pop out. Cheers.

[@renem6441]

Wow that is one fast diy tractor!! Amazing work as always!! Thanks for sharing

[@quantumleap359]

The guy who built this was a skilled mechanic who wanted to build a one of a kind little tractor. As far as its worth, to a collector of home made things, this tractor is pretty unique. I couldn't begin to put a price on it, so I'll just admire it for the workmanship and time spent making it. Great video as always, looking forward to seeing it pushing snow next winter.

[@tjmaclean]

Reminds me of working on my 1970 Beetle as a teen. Love the shot of Perkins Cove at the end. We'll be staying up there next month.

[@Philc231]

The greatest inventions and engineering are done in someone’s garage .

[@stevelittle7390]

Neat snow plow. Too bad I live in Florida. Grin. Enjoyed watching.

[@richfletcher4286]

Love all the endings with the scenery. The northeast is such a beautiful place. I wish you’d put subtitles of what and where we are looking at. Thanks for sharing. ✌️.

[@jreding132]

Always learn something from Mustie!

[@gs1100ed]

Never saw anyone run a tap with a drill before. I was taught to back out the tap (by hand) every turn or so to clear the chips

[@MellowYe77ow]

Yes, that's correct. A drill is the incorrect way to use a common hand tap. However, there are also power taps available, but they're more expensive.

[@mikemcguire8351]

Awesome machine. Thanks for bringing us along. Sweet "D" operating "Sweet Pea". 👍 👍

[@jeffbricken4132]

Mustie, this looks exactly like the same set up that we used back in the 80s at the airport for baggage. We called them tugs. Most of what we had used Ford straight 6. Brings back a lot of memories of the old days.

[@Chris-wp3ew]

Nice to see that the camshaft gear puller was brought out as well as the crank pulley puller in your cabinet.

[@A.T.C.]

So entertaining love it when the one liners happen ( Giblit Protector ), the guy that built that had a lot of ingenuity and the tools to do the job, the noledge that went into it. Glad it ended up into your hands to bring it back to life, definitely will be something to show off at shows.

[@anneoxley3591]

Thanks for sharing that is one very cool tractor. Shows American ingenuity at its very best. Take care. Dwight

[@brianbrown4323]

Sunday mornings with Mustie!!!!

[@puppyduppy9811]

Brownie

[@puppyduppy9811]

Powder mill

[@JS-kd7jf]

That is one VERRRRRRY NEAT CREATION THERE NOW!! Truly one of a kind!!

[@wtbm123]

I like the fuel pedal also for what you are doing

[@jamesdavis4124]

Thanks for the fun ride 👍

[@campion05]

High tide raises all boats. Thanks for the Rube Goldberg type machine vid!

[@josephcormier5974]

This is an awesome machine and it's very versatile thank you for sharing this six stars brother

[@grinderkenny]

Life is complete, got my Sunday mooning coffee and Mustie! Every time I see one of his videos I learn something and very love his since of humor great attitude even when something does not go right. I also seam to always be in his way.

[@mikesbarn1858]

Yes he’s poked me in the eye several times.

[@jmaxim80]

Can't beat it, right?

[@MattBrownbill]

Time to put a bigger gear on the back axle drive, not really a crawler! 😂

[@warwolf3000]

Dude... 2 things... One, this is an awesome tractor! Two... you never cease to amaze me with you technical knowledge...😮

[@mustie1]

thank you

[@veb6814]

The depth of fabrication and rigging on that tractor is epic! Mustie that sure put a smile on my face watching it come back to life! Thanks!

[@donaldhalls2189]

I have some drill-taps from wish that have the drill bit then thread, they go into Hammer drill (Tek - drill) good little plough, thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones

[@WieEiPiehGuy]

Thank you for your awesome content. Great wrenching.

[@markbrown6236]

Sweet Pea turned out great. Looking forward to it working in the snow this winter.

[@ZiggZagg11]

Oh man... The cab is cool... Please put it back on... It would be cool for the shows too... 😊😊

[@StevenEverett7]

Great series of videos Mustie. I enjoy watching you have fun!

[@dlavarco]

I love it when you go to "the stash"

[@jaymann]

Your videos are always informative and fun to watch. As are your work arounds and solutions to any and every issue encountered. Your sense of humour is great, and always makes me laugh.

[@charlesroberts6965]

Awesome job getting this ole girl tweaked and running again😁🔧🇺🇸🛠️👍

[@signelengis]

"What do you think we have a pulley puller that might fit?" Then mustie takes us to his WALL of pullers... like my grandfather had. I love it!

[@twinkie27271]

They make a hub puller especially for those type.

[@davidhimeback9087]

You was for sure the better guy to take that on an work on an fix it... Thanks great video..

[@transmitterguy478]

I love these videos of homemade stuff, they give me the inspiration to build my own unique vehicles.

[@jasonwaterhouse50]

I was pissing my self when you did that last wheelspin in the garage because you flew of out of sight I was just waiting for the crash bang wallop but then thank god you skidded and came back love that machine it's a tank credit to the creator and to your self the car doctor cheers

[@billyhaddock5540]

Congrats Mustie1, on finally gotten ur man made tractor back to life.. sounds great.. great for car shows/ swap meet..

[@RickLatino]

Perkins Cove at the end!!! Love it there

[@Zapdos6996]

That little thing is awesome!! On the blade, on each side at the bottom on the cutting edge, there are 2 what looks like either some kind of depth adjustment, or some kind of blade leveling. You can see the 2 lines they leave behind on the dirt. If they were raised and allowed the blades cutting edge to drop down flush and push and back fill your material, that thing would leave behind a perfect finish! Whoever designed, fabricated, and then built it, was truly a genius! I absolutely love it! Fantastic video as usual! Can't wait for whatever is next!

[@robertp8839]

They look like a homemade version of plow feet (shoes). Keeps the blade up when pushing snow, usually 1/2 inch or so. Most commonly used on gravel driveways, so you don't dig into the driveway. If the ground was frozen, they would work for pushing snow. Factory plow feet are usually circular.

[@michaelzimmerman6012]

Wow. Awesome work and great machine. I need this at my place in the winter time

[@JrGoonior]

Looks like the gearing is perfect for what it was designed for. Great job by the man who built it and the man who resurrected it.

[@jasondk5127]

Knobby tires would be really cool, could you imagine how much mud you could fling with that!

[@Jesselovespinball]

Absolutely awesome! Love the series on this little machine! Glad Mustie got his hands on it ! Otherwise I think it would have went to tractor heaven , lol Great work as always Mustie !

[@53_Bicycles]

Saw this for sale around Fitchburg Mass - glad to see Mustie got it!

[@rm25088]

I love that tractor. I wish I was browsing the classified and saw it.

[@rearrangio]

I have been trying to get the drums off my 1950 Dodge and finally had to break down and buy a $75 puller - but now I am starting my collection!

[@josephperry6822]

I've always loved the way you dial in every carb you repair, no matter what it's attached to. You are truly a master buddy! That tractor is obviously cool as hell. Nice work bringing that beauty back to life!

[@mjmcomputers]

Would definitely win the tractor races.

[@christaylor2168]

So cool to see how much fun you have after fixing it up so good. As a mechanic myself I know how fulfilling it is to bring a machine back to new life. I appreciate what you do mr.Mustie 1. 😊

[@homertheconqueror2574]

Man I’m glad you found this. I bet anyone else would have canibalized it

[@TCFixerDude]

That thing could double as an airplane tug. Thanks for sharing!

[@Erik_Swiger]

Can't wait to see this in action next winter.

[@died4us590]

Mustie, i really liked this little series you did, because it reminds me of my grandpa who passed back in may of 1999. He was in wwll as a medic, and saw some bad stuff, including liberating a concentration camp at the end of the war. He wanted to be a dr. after he did over 4 year's, but they told him he was to old at 26 to get into medical school, even though he had a lot of medical training, and knowledge. My grandpa used the g.i. bill to become an engineer, and after he retired, he built a lot of different thing's that were pretty cool, and he had me help him a lot, because after the war he didn't want to make any friend's because of some of the thing's he saw american troops in his unit do to enemy soldier's as revenge for killing guy's they were friend's with in their unit, and then what he saw in the concentration camp really affected him. He could never understand how one human could be so cruel and merciless to another human. I had a lot of fun fixing thing's, and making stuff. When he got in his seventies, he restored old clocks that needed parts that he had to make with nothing to reference them with. I know he would have liked watching you, because he would just figure thing's out by taking them apart, and usually finding a way to fix about anything, which is how i go about thing's to. G-d bless.

[@vernonbruce3722]

Really liked this video series.

[@Traderjoe]

I wish there was a way to research the man who made this. See what else he might have made. Honor him with a history of his accomplishments. He deserves it.

[@Philc231]

Nice peaceful ending Darren. Like the old days …..❤

[@philipbrown1383]

These vids where you fabricate your own stuff are great. Thanks for the entertainment, also love the longer vids you do :) a while back u bought a realy rusty cart thing would of loved to see what u would of done with that one.

[@blackholeman]

Great video, Mustie. Love the Blues Brothers reference too!

[@MarcMercier1971]

I remember "flashing" the generator on my '49 GMC. Was told that every time I took the battery out (and especially replaced the regulator) to set the polarity by "flashing" it.

[@twinkie27271]

It's called polarizing, not flashing

[@MarcMercier1971]

@@twinkie27271 I put "flashing" in quotes as that is the term he used. I know it's called polarizing.

[@bumboclat]

Needless to say that the guy who built this thing knew what he was doing for sure. Nice to see it back to life and ready for some action.

[@Rmasters33]

I had a 1952 or 1953 Dodge B Series pickup. Your set up for the drum and brakes looks very similar.

[@waynespyker5731]

Perhaps the builder selected a vintage Pennsylvania brand lawn tractor rear axle assembly? I recall they used a narrowed Plymouth rear axle, many were use for mini pulling tractor builds.

[@markpeterson5479]

As soon as I saw the water at the end, I thought: "Oh no! He's added pontoons to the side of it" and I waited to see you scooting around on the water!😀😀😀😀

[@steveperyer4850]

Great Job Darren! That machine is well engineered, and with the few upgrades you made, it makes it even better. Nice tractor to have around, and can to much more than push snow. 😊

[@willcE2MC2E2X1]

You come up with some of the neatest little gadgets.....💯

[@kendewitt5811]

Thanks for another great mini series Mustie! LOVE the scenery shot at the end, and was wondering if we'd see another one. You used to do them all the time and I loved them. Great work!

[@JaySea1069]

Love that rig, its a keeper fer sure. Got give it up for the talent that thought this rig up! Its in good hands..

[@rustywrench2119]

Really loved the series. Great job with bringing it back to life.

[@critter3745]

Cool project. Thanks for sharing.

[@mfc4591]

A really nice tractor, plenty power, oddly enough decent hydraulics. Imagine with some lug tyres and a really nice tune up what it will do. That Mustie 1 laugh was not just for joy, but I hazard to say a bit of tension when the wheels lock under braking !

[@randall1959]

Whoever built this has to be the world's smartest red neck. This is truly a work of mechanical art.

[@Rdgr.]

Thank you for sharing, a great rebirth for Sweet Pea. 🚜.. Rdgr🇬🇧