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gror:
Greg Ror,
Millwright,Hydro Station Operator
Nipawin Sask
My Bombardier:
1950 Narrow Gauge
Ive just spent 3 months rebuilding a machine I got 2 years ago. Removed the 251 flathead and 3 speed standard trans and replaced with a 300 six bored out 60 thou and a C6 Auto transmission.Its been a lot of fun and am looking forward to taking it out for a run. Drove it home from town the other day, 5 miles, after getting exhaust on it. It ran great but I have to redo my gas pedal linkage as I only had 1/4 the movement at carb. It was a long, slow drive but should not be hard to fix. Pictures will be coming. Thanks to Swampdawg,Old Trucker and anyone else that gave me advise and connections to find stuff. I did learn Nipawin is a hard place to find parts.
fisher:
Neil Bates
Have a narrow and wide gauge. Don't know any ser.#s or what years. Both are steel and have round side windows. Bought the narrow myself before I even had a drivers licence. Inherited the wide with all the rest of the fish camp equipment my dad left me on goose lake. The bombadier rally even came down from Athapap and watched us lift and set nets about 9 or 10 years ago.
There's an unending restoration always going on with Bombs. If yur scared to skin yur knuckles yur got the wrong machine. There's a 300 with a C6 in the narrow and a 351 with a C4 in the wide. My dad had the wide gauge changed over from the flat head in The Pas here and we changed the narrow over ourselves.
DR.R:
Name: Darrell R.
Location: Buffalo Narrows sk.
Experience: 14 years.
Background: Transplanted Farmer.
Machines: ? Metal Narrows Gauge.
Redone but ID plate removed. Once I get to it I'll quiz everyone on estimated year of manufacture.
250/251 motor in it. Not much else known yet. Thanks!
DR.R
granpasboy:
My name is John Gunning from Lansford, ND. I have a 1951 wide woody that was purchased new by my grandfather. He ordered it in the winter of 1949-1950, recieved it in late 1951. It has been in the family all its life. I pulled it out and put it in the shop two weeks ago, after sitting for close to 20 years. I took it for a drive with several friends on Superbowl Sunday. The old girl runs great, sounds even better, and looks pretty fair for being all original (except for the gas tank). I will post pictures as soon as I take new ones.
AmpTramp:
Hi to everyone
My name is Bob Fitzpatrick and I reside at Rankin Inlet Nunavut. Electrican by trade, thus the name Amp Tramp.
We bought our Bombardier over 5 years ago and use it for hauling certain supplies to the closer communities in our region. Not often. Materials that wont fit on a plane.
Planning a trip to Churchill Manitoba mid march. Hauling a truck there and escorting a new toy back. A bobcat 2300D on tracks.
Will take some pics and if I ever learn to post we can share the trip. :)
Bob Fitzpatrick
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