Hi guys,

Long story cut short:
My brother got offered a D2 4U (Local tractor with KNOWN history) in exchange for transporting a Massey Harris 21 combine from about 100 miles away. "Rescue" was performed last Thursday and D2 is now in the process of being retrieved out of the shed where it's been stored.
We plan to restore it to full glory, and will be in need of a decal set. Where can these be had from? We don't want the "modern" decals, but the period decals as was standard in 1948 when the U series D2's were released.

Thanx again for a BB that's super with giving and sharing CAT info.

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Thanx Willie, knew it was somewhere @ ACMOC!

Will keep you guys posted on progress of the Kitty that once tried to be a submarine...

Story was that the mechanic had to do some work on it on the farm It was hitched to waterpump on top of the earth dam wall (pond). On getting to the Cat, the mech realized that the job entails workshop space. Operator got kitty agoing, unhitched from waterpump, and proceeded with said Kitty towards the workshop. He then proceeded to take a shortcut thru the dam by thinking that Kitty is a submersible Cat, only to realize that all cats DON'T take to water well... Kitty was rescued and brought back into service after some hard earned monetary exchanges took place between the owner and Cat spares purveyors appointed by certain main Cat from Peoria, Ill
(As an Afrikaans (South African) kid I always thought that it's supposed to be PReToria, and I could not figure out why they'd be ILL?. Somebody couldn't spell, I mean Peoria not equal to Pretoria!)

The same mech is still going strong at 93! He came to service and work on our Cats when I was just about 2 bricks tall. My elder brother liked to hang around the Cats. Come assembly time, there some small nuts and bolts missing. Being the clever guys that he was, Uncle Jake had him turn out his trouser pockets, and Cat was assembled with all bolts and nuts accounted for.
My brother then later on became a mechanic, and 30 years ago him and Uncle Jake worked for the same local GM agency. My brother now has his own workshop and the only one in the small village with truck servicing facilities.
He'll be getting the D2 to "surface" again from the obscurity of a dark corner of someone shed.

Will try and get a photo record of the process, and one with Uncle Jake.