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Didn't know there were many Weasels in OZ....

Yep. the bands are what Tom provides along with backing plates. Took a really long time to tear the old tracks completely apart and then to wire wheel them on the inner side. Primed and then painted them a semi-flat black to complement the new rubber color. Then bolted everything up with stainless steel button head socket bolts that I was able to source here in Austin, Texas.

Assembly really took little time at all using an impact driver. Probably was less than an hour per band and there are eight between the two tracks. I'd be done with the project if I had researched the driver and idler issue prior to reverting to the earlier pattern tracks. Our later pattern tracks that were busted had a long life and were without road pads and most of the metal central blades on the outer side were rubbed down for the most part. So we really had no choice on doing a complete restoration on the earlier set that you saw in the rolled up shot. They still had original bands but 70 years of corrosion meant the cables wouldn't have lasted long so wouldn't have been worth installing as they were.

But I'll get it sorted out. More or less a back burner project now that we are entering summer here. The weasel lives down in south Texas and is used as a ranch run-about since it can maneuver over deep mud and cattle and hog wallows without getting stuck. Plus it can't get a flat.

Shots attached show my father driving with my wife and kids in the back. Name on the side is Pickle Boat. The nose art is a pickle with a "Tommy" helmet standing in a row boat with a Vickers mounted up front.