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Grfishmaker's '47 rebuild
the old trucker:
Yes I do. You heard about Clint Eastwood's movie " A Fistful Of Dollars ". I'll give you a "Fistful Of Knuckles" if you don't. It's like he says, Ya feel lucky Punk, Go ahead & make my day !!!! ha ha
Don't fool with OT.
grfishmaker:
Cranman - I hope to see you guys machines someday and see all the adaptations. On my machine here, it's simply going to be a working machine, nothing fancy. I hope to use it for moose hunting, etc.., so that is one reason that I would never varnish up the exterior or anything too fancy like some people (although they surely are beautiful machines). The main thing this machine needed was new wood and glass. Although once you redo the woodwork, where do you stop? I don't want to do anything too fancy; but also, nothing too rough. I can still here my father saying "If you're going to do something, do it right; make it look like someone stopped and worked, and never just passed through". I don't know how many time I heard that growing up.
I could still here him saying that as I ponder simply patching some of the rotten oak that I did. Although he is no longer with us, I still try to do things right, like he might stop by and check things out.
OT - I know what you mean on the taking pictures. It sure is nice to be able to see other peoples machines and tha various ideas that they have incorporated into them. I clened up and redid the interior of my wide gauge before I found the NT wedsite. I was surprised that there was anyone out there that were using these machine for recreational purposes as I had only see machines used for commercial fishing purposes. Usually the only work that was done on those machines was work that was required to keep it moving (motors, tracks, etc..).
the old trucker:
If you're going to do something, do it right;
Are you sure your not related to Mike Holmes on Holmes on Homes !! Sounds like it. Since I found this site, I'm after building a dozen of these in my dreams. Now I finally have the opportunity to do just that for real with the help from all of you people. Keep the pictures coming !!!
This Old Trucker is proud of you all !! 10/4 !
orin:
Thats a good heater, you got there. The pops has the same one in his bomber and it blows alot of heat. You may want to make a flap to open and close on the open side or you could have a hot right leg! Oh and we fishermen, besides having the motor running and the tracks turning, usually try to keep most of the snow out. Sometimes an old mit or burlap bag stuffed in the crack or hole works. ;D :D
Oh yeah, don't forget the piece of plywood nailed over the broken side windows!!
grfishmaker:
Orin - Yeah, I know what you mean by repairing enough as long as the machine keeps moving. It's a little different different world between a working machine and a recreational machine. I know that alot of the tourist that come by this way in the summer think that all the bombardiers sitting in various yards are old broken down machines. When I tell them that they are used every winter for fishing, you can tell that they really don't believe me that they are used every winter. Most of the time all they need is a charged battery and away they go. I tell them the fish don't know or care if the machine has fresh paint or how it looks, as long as it gets out there and back, the fishermen don't care either.
That's good to hear about the heater. I wasn't sure how much heat it would throw. I remember when I picked it up at Princess Auto, I remarked to the sales clerk that the sticker on it was something that I never seen in a long time. It said "Made in Canada".
It's funny you mention the "hot leg". I had planned on making a heat defector for that open side, and before I realized, I had it mounted in the bomber. Oh well, I'll add that one to the "do later list".
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