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Now that all the parts are painted, I can begin the careful process of reassembly.

Today I picked up the primer and paint. Both the paint and the primer I use is a three-part single stage automotive type paint. It requires a spray gun and compressed air to apply the primer and paint so my next step now is to get all the parts into the paint booth and start painting. Wow, automotiv...

After test fitting all the sheet metal parts together and making sure they fit nicely it was time to take it apart and take it to the media blasting and then get it prepped for paint. In order to move this restoration forward I had to out source the media blasting to remove all the old paint and any...

Installing lacer clips and brand new tracks

Assembling tracks

removing and painting ice cleats

The original tracks were completely worn out and there was no question that new ones would need to be built. Fortunately none of the steel channel cleats were missing as these would need to be removed and reused on the new ones. After the steel channel cleats were removed I gave them a thorough clea...

This is a comparison between the original and the NOS

Back in an earlier posting I said a new drive chain would be required. Fortunately since then I was able to acquire a NOS replacement drive chain hus ski part # 180-1689. And now I am debating if I should use it or just use a new high-quality diamond brand replacement chain. Because if I do use it, ...

To the best of my knowledge I believe it is just mild steel and a standard size. As I mentioned, it measures 3/4” wide and my problem is that my local suppliers can only get 1” wide but I do believe 3/4” is still available. I also believe it is just flat and not not humped in the middle as you thoug...