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Well the looking stage is over, and the build {DE-build} has started. First pic, the float ring had become detached and is cut to make removal easier. My plan is to do a hybrid Gen one crossover from a "detachable" float ring to the one piece tub where the ring is glassed to the lower tub. Don't like the thought of being in some feet of water and bye-bye floatation I Y K W I M! trackster build 023.jpg
Before that can happen the area above the axle supports will have to be cut out and glassed so as to allow the transmission to be removed in the future without removal of the float ring. You can see where the support is rusted through, the other side is the same. And I was afraid I wouldn't get to do any welding on this build, looks like there will be plenty of that. trackster build 026.jpg
23 things that will NOT be used when it all goes back together, can you say pita! trackster build 029.jpg
We finished dismantling the trackster today, so I thought I would post an update, for those interested. I've got a LOT of pics and will post some to let you all know what I'm up against. Let me say that I am pretty much at a loss for words on this machine, it is really heartbreaking that someone would let such a work of art fall so far into deterioration as this one has. Some parts of it are so far gone that there is no option but to order complete replacements for them. When repairs have been made in such a poor manner as to make duplication impossible, we are left no other alternative. As you will see in some of the pics, there were bolts that rusted to the point that their heads couldn't even be recognized as such. I think I did manage to actually remove 8 or so with standard methods- wrench, socket, and impact. All and I repeat ALL the remaining bolts had to be cut off using a cut off wheel and angle grinder it's THAT bad!
We finished dismantling the trackster today, so I thought I would post an update, for those interested. I've got a LOT of pics and will post some to let you all know what I'm up against. Let me say that I am pretty much at a loss for words on this machine, it is really heartbreaking that someone would let such a work of art fall so far into deterioration as this one has. Some parts of it are so far gone that there is no option but to order complete replacements for them. When repairs have been made in such a poor manner as to make duplication impossible, we are left no other alternative. As you will see in some of the pics, there were bolts that rusted to the point that their heads couldn't even be recognized as such. I think I did manage to actually remove 8 or so with standard methods- wrench, socket, and impact. All and I repeat ALL the remaining bolts had to be cut off using a cut off wheel and angle grinder it's THAT bad!
My terra tiger was almost overflowing with a solid ice chunk when I got it. Everything will need to be gone over, the body repaired and the whole drive system cleaned up.
Just take a drive through a scrap yard when you want to see what nice things people let go to waste. I seen people drive backhoes and dozers off trailers at the scrap yard and get a couple hundred bucks for a running driving machine.
Just take a drive through a scrap yard when you want to see what nice things people let go to waste. I seen people drive backhoes and dozers off trailers at the scrap yard and get a couple hundred bucks for a running driving machine.
Yeah, what is even more bizarre is when folks refuse to sell something that someone else would love to have the chance to restore, this happened to me a few years back. I found one of these not far from my home and the guy wouldn't sell it, at that time it had small trees growing in the tub. What's even wilder still... he STILL has it and he STILL won't sell it!
here's a few more pics, needless to say, I've got a really long parts list...
Both the nuts in pic 3 should be the same size. The other shots are of random carnage.
Last edited by brushcutter; 03-24-2012 at 11:39 PM.
DESTRUCTION is just a couple of vowels down the street from DISTRACTION
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