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the old trucker:

  Welcome aboard my friend. I'm glad to be able to help you by posting these pics for you.

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the old trucker:

   All I can say is WOW !! If you do as good a job on the woody as you have done on that tractor you'll have one fine looking bomber.....

                                                                                                   A jealous ol' trucker

the old trucker:

   Here is the email he sent to me along with the pics.

Dear Old Trucker:  Thank-you for the email.  How are things in Newfoundland?  I have never been there but have always wanted to go.  I currently live in Minot, North Dakota but my home farm is near Odessa, Saskatchewan.  This is where the Bombardier is located.   I did try to upload these pictures onto the website but ran into some troubles  if you could post them for me would be great.  My father bought this Bombardier in the 50's and used it to get into town when the roads would get blocked in winter.  He used to pick up all the neighbours, charge them each a dollar for gas and spend the day in town.  I have also included a few shots of another project I just completed with my sons - restoring a 1949 Cockshutt 30 tractor.  My uncle used to be the Cockshutt dealer in Odessa and this tractor was bought from him in 1949, shortly before they got the Bombardier.  Odessa is having their 100 year homecoming this summer and I would like to have both the Bombardier and the Cockshutt in the parade - even if the Bombardier is not yet complete.  Let me know what you think!
 
Best regards,

oldsledz:
Nice looking B-12 machine you have there.  That one is definitely a varnished one.  You can tell by the color of the steering column.   You can take all the numbers off the data tag and send them to Guy Pepin at the Bombardier Museum and he can give you the person/dealer that bought it brand new and the town that is was sold to.-------Good luck!!

Oldsledz

Wascana:
Thanks Oldsledz. I will contact Guy Pepin to get some more history on this machine. I have started to remove the exterior plywood and have some pretty nice looking Baltic birch to replace it with.  I hope to be able to spend some time on this project between Christmas & New Years.  The pictures show a fatigue break in the front door framework on each side just above the windsheild.  My father did a repair by bolting a strap of flat iron along the outside of the framework many years ago.  I did talk with Cam Mclean some time ago and recall him saying this was a weak spot.  He suggested there was a better fix.  Was this an issue on your machine?  I am thinking if nothing else I will need to replace as much framework as required to secure this area up again.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Wascana

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