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My name is Jason Welch and I live in Tioga Pennsylvania. It's a little town on the NY state border on Rt.15 that has fallen off the map long ago. I was out looking at an old Brockway truck in the woods when I stumbled upon this little 6 wheel drive ATV. I really had no idea what it was and so I started searching around. The farmer that has it told me he bought it out of a junk yard because he thought it was made by Alice Chalmers and he is an Alice collector. When he found out it wasn't he had no interest in it. He took out the motor (9hp) and put it in his shop and put the rest of the vehicle in the hedge row with the rest of his junk. My son (5 years old) fell in love with this beast immediately; let’s just say my wife does not share the same enthusiasm. I talked to the farmer a bit and he told my you just couldn't find tires for "those things" anymore so he never did anything with it. I called "Richards Relics" and he told me it would be $800 to put new tires on it. Oh boy, now my wife really won't let me drag it home. I have restored various projects so I am pretty handy. I restored a 1959 Oliver 550, a 1950's J.C. Higgins skip tooth bike, a 1972 Skidoo 440 TNT, and I am close to finishing my daily driver 1957 International S110 pickup. So I guess my wife has a point, but I can't help bring things back from the dead. So this is where I need some advice and lots of help. Is this Scrambler worth pulling out of the hedge row or should I just realize my limitations and allow this one to rust in peace. Anything would help me make this decision. Any information on this machine would be helpful, since I really have no clue what it is. Thank you for the help everyone.
My name is Jason Welch and I live in Tioga Pennsylvania. It's a little town on the NY state border on Rt.15 that has fallen off the map long ago. I was out looking at an old Brockway truck in the woods when I stumbled upon this little 6 wheel drive ATV. I really had no idea what it was and so I started searching around. The farmer that has it told me he bought it out of a junk yard because he thought it was made by Alice Chalmers and he is an Alice collector. When he found out it wasn't he had no interest in it. He took out the motor (9hp) and put it in his shop and put the rest of the vehicle in the hedge row with the rest of his junk. My son (5 years old) fell in love with this beast immediately; let’s just say my wife does not share the same enthusiasm. I talked to the farmer a bit and he told my you just couldn't find tires for "those things" anymore so he never did anything with it. I called "Richards Relics" and he told me it would be $800 to put new tires on it. Oh boy, now my wife really won't let me drag it home. I have restored various projects so I am pretty handy. I restored a 1959 Oliver 550, a 1950's J.C. Higgins skip tooth bike, a 1972 Skidoo 440 TNT, and I am close to finishing my daily driver 1957 International S110 pickup. So I guess my wife has a point, but I can't help bring things back from the dead. So this is where I need some advice and lots of help. Is this Scrambler worth pulling out of the hedge row or should I just realize my limitations and allow this one to rust in peace. Anything would help me make this decision. Any information on this machine would be helpful, since I really have no clue what it is. Thank you for the help everyone.
If I had a truck on the road at the moment I'd be asking for directions
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