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Well got the buggy about done, just need to bleed brakes, paint firewall and make seat pads. Ended up startin on another project a MCI tour bus into a motorcoach/rv for me and the wife, but got pulled off it cause the roof gave out on the hanger and squashed 4 out of the 6 cars and 1 of the planes.  Been sick about it for 2days, even cried a bit, well mayb more than a bit, just finished up rebuilding the 1947 pa12/160hp for my dad this last summer, he got about 5hrs flyin on it and here i get to go again. 

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Snow acumulation and warm temps didnt help any.  A beam in the roof that dad had welded together to span the 30’ run broke at the weld, was a dirty no penetration weld and the fishplate for seam wasnt big enough for sure, Hanger had been up for 2yrs and this first winter we put plane under it, ive always swept them off thro winter, when i called dad in Louisianna to tell him the news he was sure bumbed out about it im sure he was looking forward to flyin it this summer. 

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What part of Louisiana is you Dad in , I am in the south east , 15 miles from the Mississippi line 

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man..that down right sucks, sorry to see this, up side ?, YOU OR YOUR DAD WASN'T UNDER IT WHEN IT CAME DOWN !.

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They r about 20 some miles from. Colfax on Natchitoches lake. Not sure i spelled it right. Hahhaaaa

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Well got lots of parts rounded up for the plane so hope to b good there for the rebuild this winter.  So back to the motorcoach b4 mining seasons starts again and thats going to b real soon.  Got the bathroom all plumbed for water, drains, electrical done, and t&g on the walls,  then got kitchen Cabniets done and all plumbed for water/drains just finished doing the holes on the sides of the coach for propane/elec fridge still need to insulate the fridge box. 

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On 4/23/2020 at 3:13 PM, Buckchop said:

They r about 20 some miles from. Colfax on Natchitoches lake. Not sure i spelled it right. Hahhaaaa

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That's how we spell it down here ...

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Well took the weekend off at the mine to enjoy some time with the wife, both kids and the daughter b/f.  We been shootin, 4wheeling, campfire,ect.  But i think today im going to get the buggy out of garage and take it for a spin see what it does. Hahaaa

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Well test ride went, ran good enough that i know carb needs little work, its been sittin longtime and some water/crude in it when first got it running and there was a cracked diaphram or something ill have to tear it apart and look again. Master cyl i used was used and its no good so had no brakes, and it upshifts but dont down ! the linkage is not going to work so total redesign of that. Think ill do a equipment style push/pull cable. Turn sharp, climbs awesome, but low ground clearance and u have to watch driving over dirt mounds but when u get hung up on one u just get out push it over the mound and drive off. The full belly pan/skid pan works good and nice that buggy still light that one guy can man handle it. 
 

 

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Yea got a new toy last night so me and my son rode from 8pm-11pm first time ive been on a dirtbike in almost 20yrs.  KTM 300, and came with ice tires. 

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Well did some figureing, and wife said i not had a dirtbike while we been together. So its been over 27yrs since i had one.  But do remember i had a Suzuki RM 250. ! never rode it much as i have the inseam/leg lenth delema. Hahahaaaaa

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I had an RM 250 too. I sold it right after my daughter was born cause if I kept it I figured I'd end up dead and my daughter would have to grow up without her dad. That was 30 years ago... I have a too-short-for-an-mx'er inseam too. 🙂

 

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