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General Discussion / Re: Is it possible to build a bombarier from scratch?
« on: February 06, 2008, 06:07:15 am »
i don't think i'm that old. if the big fella up there lets me go i'll be 56 come april. i've been home now since spring of 2001. the old ticker shut me down on the way back home from virgina one day. so, it's been a long holiday.
my way of thinking about the old steel & wooden girls is that if i can't find something down here i'd have to buy one up your way. time i spend $4 to 6,000 bucks on it, as/where is. shipping costs wouldn't cheap. at least $4,000. that's 10 grand gone there see.
i think i can scrounge up enough slightly used metal. there's a 300 ford 6 cyl. with trannie and a 250 chev??? with trannie close by. the price is very right on. only problems i think i'll have is i need a welder to do the welding for me. i was talking to a welder and he says it's about a week to do what i need done. i can do a lot of cutting & fitting myself. (hey i got the time)
i'm going to check on the j5's now in the spring for axles, tracks and rear end.
i'm half decant with the woodworking part. i have enough tools.
so i'm thinking for ten thousand bucks, i can make one. there are a couple of machines around me and the owners said they wouldn't mind me useing them for a guide.
so, what do you all think i'm still crazy or i stand a chance of being the new kid on the block with a new play toy.
my way of thinking about the old steel & wooden girls is that if i can't find something down here i'd have to buy one up your way. time i spend $4 to 6,000 bucks on it, as/where is. shipping costs wouldn't cheap. at least $4,000. that's 10 grand gone there see.
i think i can scrounge up enough slightly used metal. there's a 300 ford 6 cyl. with trannie and a 250 chev??? with trannie close by. the price is very right on. only problems i think i'll have is i need a welder to do the welding for me. i was talking to a welder and he says it's about a week to do what i need done. i can do a lot of cutting & fitting myself. (hey i got the time)
i'm going to check on the j5's now in the spring for axles, tracks and rear end.
i'm half decant with the woodworking part. i have enough tools.
so i'm thinking for ten thousand bucks, i can make one. there are a couple of machines around me and the owners said they wouldn't mind me useing them for a guide.
so, what do you all think i'm still crazy or i stand a chance of being the new kid on the block with a new play toy.