Wow. Unbelievable that this machine of that time is still working. The parts are of high quality. Thank you for this great post.

Just found this. I have one of those or at least part of one. That one must have been repowered with a Cat Diesel as Link-Belt bought out Speeder before Cat built diesels. Mine was a shovel but is missing the shovel front and power unit and house is all bent up but complete. I have a Buda gas I would like to put in it and a homemade shovel front from another machine, all I have to do is live long enough. Haha. Thanks for posting.