wheel horse 4 wheel wagon repaint and fix

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Decided it was time to get wagon out and fix it. has i was disassembling i thought of ways to fix the front axle because i knew it was messed up. but before that i had to look at the long side panels which the one needs some repairs. now after i got the side panels off i flipped it over and looked at axle. i decided i am going to cut out the square tubing someone tried fixing it with before and i will bolt in some thick angle iron. that should keep it from breaking. i also have another idea for the bolts to hold sides to keep it from crushing the metal because i am not going to use wing nuts on the sides. i will put some sort of spacers in the holes. pictures may be out of order. i do not know model number of the wagon. its missing the decal for the serial and model. i do know i narrowed it down by the side panel decals but cant really remember lol

[ebinmaine 67,318]

Right crusty bugger ain't it?

 

Looking forward to seeing the improvements.  

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Suggesting that you may want to try putting that wagon back to it's original form as much as possible as there is some value in them as a W-H collectible.  

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

56 minutes ago, AMC RULES said:

Suggesting that you may want to try putting that wagon back to it's original form as much as possible as there is some value in them as a W-H collectible.  

i do know that they are worth good money. i have no way of putting the square holes in the side panel once i fix the broken out area. the front axle situation is more along the lines of bracing and improvement. one original rim is missing i think i found a suitable replacement.

[ebinmaine 67,318]

11 minutes ago, Elkskin's mower junkyard said:

way of putting the square holes

I've used a regular drill bit to get the round size right then a triangle shaped file to get the corners squared. 

A bit of time occupied and works well enough.  

[WHGuy413 2,683]

29 minutes ago, Elkskin's mower junkyard said:

 one original rim is missing i think i found a suitable replacement.

What did you find to use? I have a 4 wheeled wagon also that someone repainted and put wheelbarrow tires and rims on it. I want to start hunting for the correct ones. 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

2 hours ago, WHGuy413 said:

What did you find to use? I have a 4 wheeled wagon also that someone repainted and put wheelbarrow tires and rims on it. I want to start hunting for the correct ones. 

a rim from a 753 is the closest thing i have

[WHGuy413 2,683]

19 minutes ago, Elkskin's mower junkyard said:

a rim from a 753 is the closest thing i have

That was my idea also was early 60’s front rims.

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Got some more done. i thought i would update on some things. so i cut out the square tubing. you can see its way too thin. then i looked at angle iron and didnt like it. so i found a thicker flat bar from a seat support on a simplicity rear engine rider. i cut a piece out drilled the holes and then i cut out the bad section. i found a piece of plate steel i had cut out a piece and welded it in. then i bolted the flat piece on the top drilled hole then put the flat piece back where it goes for strength. now i have to do the other side

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

ok guys a bit of a update. jb weld was taking too long to do it. so even though i dont like using bondo to fix pitted metal i went ahead and bought some anyway. i worked at it all afternoon and my hand and arm said are you done yet lol. so i got it alot smoother than it was. i did sand it down alot more than what the unprimered photos show so dont hopefully it wont crack lol. so i am debating on the bedliner still. it will hide some of the imperfections and add durability. for local shows i might put my 1964 24 inch tiller in the wagon so would be nice to make it where it wont get damaged easily.

[rustyoldjunk 127]

Looks good Tyler.

See I'm still around here..well once in a while and very 🤫 quietly.

 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Just now, rustyoldjunk said:

Looks good Tyler.

See I'm still around here..well once in a while and very 🤫 quietly.

 

 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Got bed liner laid down. It's not perfect but hey if it's too perfect I won't want to use it lol

[SylvanLakeWH 25,502]

Looks great! 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

I done the bottom of floor last night. Tonight I painted the top over the bed liner. Yeah I know bottom may get a couple dings being so fresh but that's not seen every day 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Not much updates I got 2 long sides done and the frame rails and brackets. They are now in cold storage until I get rest done 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Ran into a issue today. One of the original 3 rims is  heavily pitted on inside. So I am going to work on that one later this year. Instead I had a pair of miscellaneous rims sitting in shed that I will use temporarily.

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

Assembly is  underway. Now  is cross breeding tires from John deere snowblowers illegal 🤣. 

[ebinmaine 67,318]

6 hours ago, Elkskin's mower junkyard said:

  is cross breeding tires from John deere snowblowers illegal

Kinda yes but correcting paint colors and cleaning makes it only a minor infraction.  

[AMC RULES 37,130]

Thing looks great!

Just keep it going.   

[rjg854 11,353]

Looking forward to seeing it finished 

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

It's together. I will wait a couple months for decals. But hey it looks a heck of a lot better. I will get better pictures Saturday hopefully.

[ebinmaine 67,318]

Boy ain't that purrttyy.  

[AMC RULES 37,130]

[Elkskin's mower junkyard 1,117]

1 hour ago, AMC RULES said:

Yup those are the ones.