Caterpillar Twenty-Two
(Restored)

Publications
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| Click the picture to check out the feature article in the September/October 2004 issue of the Antique Caterpillar Machinery Owners Club magazine |
Restoration Pictures
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04-12-03 |
04-12-03 |
04-20-03 |
05-17-03 |
05-17-03 |
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Wide gauge Cat 22 |
Narrow gauge Cat 22 |
Tear down of wide 22 |
Tear down of wide 22 |
Removal of wide 22 engine (everything else on the machine was junk)
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05-17-03 |
05-17-03 |
05-17-03 |
06-01-03 |
06-05-03 |
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Engine and track frames removed |
Narrow engine (notice how you can see the ground through the one piston)
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Narrow 22 transmission and tracks |
This track looks tight |
This track is defiantly not suppose to keep its shape like this |
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06-15-03 |
07-05-03 |
07-05-03 |
07-05-03 |
07-13-03 |
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Steering clutch housings and final drives after cleaning and painting
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Transmission with steering clutches removed |
Transmission after cleaning and painting |
Ready to assemble |
Beautifully rebuilt fuel pump |
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07-13-03 |
10-14-03 |
10-26-03 |
12-28-03 |
12-28-03 |
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Engine parts from the wide 22 |
Final drives assembled (classic messy shop picture) |
Finals installed on transmission (turn around point)
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First fresh paint this machine has had in decades |
Track frames after painting |
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12-17-03 |
12-28-03 |
12-28-03 |
03-10-04 |
08-11-04 |
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It was almost a shame to paint this freshly rebuilt engine |
Getting ready to connect the engine and transmission |
Engine successfully installed (its starting to look like a cat again)
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Test fitting of miscellaneous parts |
First time this machine has moved under its own power in decades |
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08-17-04 |
08-17-04 |
08-17-04 |
08-17-04 |
08-17-04 |
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Adding another coat of paint the day before we were taking it to a show
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My brother Matt painting |
Almost done (night before the big show) |
Me after a long week of trying to finish in time |
View of the completed dash |
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08-18-04 |
08-18-04 |
08-18-04 |
08-18-04 |
08-19-04 |
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Day of the show: Finished |
Almost a shame to get her dirty |
Decals are on (I'm glad they dried in time before I had it on the highway) |
Fire extinguisher: Just in case |
A young cat skinner checking out the machine at the Rough and Tumble show |
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08-22-04 |
08-22-04 |
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The finished product at my dads shop |
The finished product |
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