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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: June 20, 2010, 06:22:52 pm »
I have to apologise for the poor pictures, I need to get a new camera.

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: June 20, 2010, 06:07:24 pm »
This weekend I reskinned the cargo door, install the hydraullic cylinders for the power steering,  fabricated the brake peddle set up and installed. and installed the rotor and caliper setup.  The brake peddle and master cylinder were salvage from on old electric fork lift.

These are the cylinders for the steering

This is the hand pump I'm using to control the hydraullic fluid.
It is salvage from an old Massy combine

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: June 13, 2010, 12:12:42 pm »
Well, parts for the steering and brake never showed up, so I spent my time re-skinning the doors.  I only had 18ga sheet to work with, so after I cut the pannels out about 1/2" wider on the straight to about 1/4" wider on the curves, I bent the straight parts to a 90 deg in my brake.  I used a ball peen hammer to fold the sheet over the angle frame.  The last door only took about 1 hr.  I went on a lot better than I had anticipated.

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Wooden Bombardiers / Re: Reskinning Doors
« on: June 10, 2010, 08:04:44 am »
No, not yet.  I got a bit sidetracked. I have been concentrating on more of the interior stuff. I have the driveshaft apart to install a brake rotor and caliper.  The alternator had been put on the passenger side of the motor, so I need to relocate that to the other side so the power steering pump can be installed in its place.  This weekend I hope to have the steering cylinders in place and the steering hand pump installed.

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Wooden Bombardiers / Re: Reskinning Doors
« on: May 31, 2010, 12:49:40 pm »
That may be my job for next weekend. I can only get 18ga sheet, but I have a brake so I can at least get the flanges bent to a 90 deg.  I'll try the rad door first, to see how difficult it may be.

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 30, 2010, 04:52:59 pm »
This is what I accomplished in the last couple of weekends.
Remove and replaced the tin where the side panel and fenders meet.  Both sides were rusted out. New fender tops also added.

Built a tub liner out of aluminum checker-plate.

Built a counsel for the shifter.  I'm using a Hurst ratchet shifter.  I tell people that when I want to get to 30 mph, I want to get there right now. :)

Seats installed.



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Wooden Bombardiers / Reskinning Doors
« on: May 26, 2010, 09:31:01 pm »
Cranman, when you've reskinned the doors with 24ga, are you simply welding a new skin on or are you folding the skin over the angle iron frame.  How hard is it to keep the door frame shape if you are folding the sheet over the angle's edge.  How hard is it to fold the radiused corners.

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 18, 2010, 09:33:15 am »
This is the reply that I received.

Dear Mr. Paulson,

In reply to your request:

First of all, according to your register, you snowmobile comes originally from this dealer - Industrial Engines (Alta) LTD, Edmonton.

Your vehicle was made the sixth snowmobile in 1951. Just only 13 units were produced for this first year of the R18.

Thank for your interest in the Musée J. Armand Bombardier. If you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Guy Pépin

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 18, 2010, 07:41:19 am »
This is who I sent it to

collectionneurs@museebombardier.com

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 17, 2010, 09:39:14 pm »
Cranman, just for the heck of it I sent an email to the bombardier museum requesting some information on the first manufactured metals.  It would be interesting to see how close that it is to the first metal.  Another small difference on mine is that I have only one hole for the defrost, whereas Swamp Dawg's 52 has two.  I think that I will install another one to 'update' it.

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 16, 2010, 05:18:36 pm »
This weekend I welded the new floor pan in with a removable access plate for the engine compartment (thanks to Swamp Dawg for the idea) :)  It should come in handy when changing oil, any starter problems etc.  I built a new fuel tank (just like the original).  I robbed the filler spout and cap from the old tank.  Put a new sender in it.  I also installed the exhaust.  I used a couple of cherry bomb turbo mufflers with the exhaust  out the back.

Cranman,
The serial plate is readable.
Model R18
Chassis 1C3519
Motor    22120C, but it now has a 318
Command?   17653
Date Fabricated 22 12 51

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Metal Bombardiers / Re: 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 09, 2010, 08:48:45 pm »
I managed to get all the junk cut off, the windows and doors removed, and the floor pan cut out this weekend.

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Metal Bombardiers / 51 R18 Rebuild
« on: May 03, 2010, 12:36:48 pm »
Look what followed me home Saturday

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Ain't she ugly....

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General Discussion / Re: ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS Please sign in.
« on: March 01, 2010, 09:02:29 pm »
David Paulson
Wadena, Sask.
I don't have a bug?, but I have a muskeg carrier.  Looking forward to going to the ralley at Cranberry Portage for the first time.
Update  May 2010.  I now have a 51 R18 that I'm in the process of rebuilding.

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