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Parade pics, with veterans driving it!!
One of my proudest times, that they all loved it and it got to lead the 4th of July parade!!
Hope you guys enjoyed my very long winded thread. I will add more pictures when I get the other things done to it this year.
Some more finishing touches....I added a footman's loop to the top of the windshield to hang my grandfathers dogtag from along with a couple of poppies I was given from one of my veteran buddies.
I made completely new seats and sewed the covers from surplus military canvas.
Also redid an old...
We hand cut all our stencils that we used on this cart...NEVER again, it was a royal pain.
The rear bumper used to be a front bumper from a mule that took a bit of straightening and also had to narrow it a little bit, but with a little bit of modification it fit great and looked like it belongs...
We modified the dash when I rewired so we could use military switches and a battery gauge that we painted up to look like a military one so we can keep an eye on how charged the batteries are. The cart is electric.
I added a fuse panel and a better key switch.
Rolling out with the new paint job, yes she helped do that also....she is actually VERY good at painting(she helps paint a lot of the vehicles at the museum). We used exterior house paint and believe it or not this was all done with those mini rollers with a fine roller skin...only brushed the...
As I said in the first post, my granddaughter helped me A LOT. She learned how to fiberglass and helped do the work, first the the front fender, then primed it(still wet in the pic)
As stated, here is a bit of the story. The cart started life as a way that its owner, a veteran with a disability could get around at the museum I later became in charge of. The old curator and he(the veteran) kind of got in a bit of a difference as to who's cart it was....as we all KNEW it to...
Well not exactly a "military" vehicle, but quite a few veterans that saw it the first time asked me the "history" about it and how did I ever get my hands on such a "rare" vehicle....hahaha
One of the projects I did manage to finally get around to doing was pretty special. One it was something...
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