We never were too sure as to what this thing was. We narrowed it down, but can’t find anything else like it. It has an aluminum unibody, with an engine in the rear. It was found at a nearby farm, laying underneath a huge pine tree, covered in pine needles. But that didn’t stop us from dusting it off, and seeing if we could fix it. I know we can get it running, we just need to make some parts for it. If anyone knows exactly what this is please let us know, thanks! More pics in Photo Gallary.
Update: We have had some responses to this sled, and it is believed to be a 1958 or 1959 rare model of a Snow Bug, originally made in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We have found/made the missing parts to the sled, all except one part. We are trying to find the engine cover/lid. But, other than that, she is finished.
This job is for a complete rebuild of the body and frame of a 1992 Jeep Wranger. The customer wanted a fiberglass body. We ordered a Kevlar/Fiberglass Body from Shell Valley in Nebraska. It took 3 months and 10 days to arrive. Note to self: order way in advance! Awesome body, light and very easy to work with. It fit in the back of our Chevy so it was no problem to transport home from the shipping dock. (We shipped it to Wiers in Soo, Michigan).
Day 1: It took less then 7 hours to strip the Jeep clean to the frame. No mishaps or run-ins we couldn’t take care of. Production was quick and painless. We anticipated it taking 12 hours to do, but everything came apart nice and clean. The frame is going to be sand blasted and repaired. The original body was so shot from previous repairs done, that it was cheaper to buy a whole new body then it was to put the time and money into repairing the old one. See in the States the Jeeps stay nice and clean, and almost rust free. But, here in Canada they rust heavily, and always in the same spots: where the seatbelt bolts to the floor and the rear fenders. That from all our salt on the roads. Anyways this Jeep’s body was a mess, so was the frame. Take a look at more of the photo’s in Project Gallery.
Day 2: We cleaned up the parts that would have to be re-used: such as the window frame and door hinges. Then hung the doors, and transfered the heater box and duct work. Took care of the control cables for the heater, cut out holes in the firewall for wiring, steering column, and heater drain. Reintalled the steering column and mounting, along with the clutch master cylinder, battery box, and vin plate. The dash plate was reinstalled, along with the dash board, guages, glove box, spedometer and tach.
We setup the frame axles, assorted parts for sand blasting, installed the window frame, the dash, outside air intake, cowl and grill. Removed the broken fasteners from hinges and doors, installed grill suppport rod brackets on body tub, installed hood hinges and hood, Removed front frame clip from doner frame to be attached onto the other frame.
So then we had to send the drawings to local Steel Company (Rovon) for the construction of the rear frame rails. We also removed the existing and saveable shocks from diffs to prevent damage from sand blasting.
Day 3: Now it was time to start putting this thing all back together. Re-attaching the hinges to the new fiberglass body was a pain in the a$$. How were the doors supposed to latch to the new fiberglass? We solved this problem by creating our own latching system. It works well and the customer was happy. All of the dash parts were reinstalled. The cutomer also wanted the bumber changed, so we had to fill in the holes where the lights used to be. To do this we cut out pieces of steel and welded them to fit neatly inside the holes, then we painted the bumper black.
Day 4: The old rotten frame! This frame was massively destroyed. Rust and time just got the best of it. We had another frame to replace this one, but the customer insisted we just fix this one, which unfortunately takes more time and money. We were willing to repair the old frame. The frame was sent out to get sand-blasted, then you could really see all the damage. Then welding and patching was required. It took about 8 hours to repair this frame back to a solid state, which took up most of this day. As seen in the pictures the last repairs were less than satisfactory!
This jeep was lifted 15". It was green and mean and out of control! It could climb over almost any obstacle it came across. It was very popular with Army fanactics because of the ugly olive drab green paint.. Unfortunately, the last run this jeep was on got the back end smashed into a tree, and is now permanently parked.
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