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20-06-11, 01:48
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Wapiti picture
Great Picture Ed ! Thats the creature, including the red maple leafon the rear area and the numbers on the door. Can you read the number on the door? They are almost legible . I looked at my pictures again and they begin with 52 meaning 1952 and then several digits follow. I wonder if it is the same machine. I will dig out some old pictures and see if I can read the numbers on my machine...By the way what is the cable like apparatus on the front- tow cables perhaps??...Bob
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20-06-11, 06:42
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....numbers.....
.... I read on Bob's picture....
52 9xxx2 on Ed's picture 52 92341 or 52 92541 ....I would gamble to say 52 92341 and one number higher for Bob's at xxx42 That would make them close cousins..... Isn't insomnia great..... Bob
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada
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20-06-11, 11:12
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Been watching this thread with interest, what a terrific looking beast. Reminded me greatly of a childhood icon, the "Chariot" from lost in Space. However I have just done a bit of reminiscing with the aid of Google and my memories are a bit out.
We don't get much gear like this over here in Oz, so it is a bit of a treat to see these vehicles, hope that it finds a good home in the near future. Rich.
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21-06-11, 03:41
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HI Ed
Behind the Wapiti....... is it towing a white ...light....maybe aluminium trailer ...... possibly on skis....? Fascinating bit of kit it is....... would be a real big job to restore as I suspect the different metal combinations may have played havoc with the aluminium skin....i.e. dissimilar metal and chemical/electrical reaction. Bob
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Bob Carriere....B.T.B C15a Cab 11 Hammond, Ontario Canada
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21-06-11, 05:28
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restoration job
Just a couple of comments about the old snow beast - I recall reading that three were built as protypes. This one has been tarped over for 25 years and I go religously every year and retarp it- consequently the top is all clean polished aluminium, paint all nicely cleaned off - below decks little evidence of serious corrosion except where water dripped through a window and rotted out some of the plywood. It is all aluminium below decks, the only serious piece of steel being the skid plate mounted out front ( sort of a belly pan ) and the two panels with dents are all flat alumimium so even an all thumbs gut should be able to cut and pop rivet new skin on. But yes - it is a big project.
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