Summer Project

[Interceptor398]

They did re badge and rework some sleds during the low snow years.

[mswyka]

I will have to dig out the hood to see if there are extra paint colors.

[mswyka]

Took a look at the hood from this sled and it looks like underside was painted blue and then painted again over top of everything, even the foam.

[Interceptor398]

They had parts the needed to be used.

[mswyka]

So, more interesting developments.  The 82 hood is in poor shape so I went looking for a donor.  Pulled this hood from a 1980 sled with 157 miles.  When I took off the registration stickers I found that it had been registered pretty much continuously from the early 80s through 1994.  And yet only 157 miles!  Decal on one side of the hood was badly deteriorated presumeably from sitting out in the sun.

[gixxer6]

Do you think that the sled truly has 157 miles, or was the odometer disconnected/replaced as some point? 

[mswyka]

Do you think that the sled truly has 157 miles, or was the odometer disconnected/replaced as some point?

My sense is that the odometer is correct.  It came to us with the speedometer cable connected.  The other data point that we have is that the cylinders and pistons measure as if they were new.  Track shows no wear.

The sled had practically no signs of wear, just corrosion like it had been sitting out back for a long time.

Of course the guy who sold it to me told me that they had run it the prior year and that it just needed to have the carburetors cleaned.  There was no way that sled had run in the past decade.

[gixxer6]

It's heartbreaking to find a sled that has such low miles, was in pristine condition, and someone left it sit outside and rot. 

I picked up an 81' Invader last year that this happened to, although it didn't have that low of mileage, it was in excellent shape, no cracks in the hood, dash, or original windshield, 100% complete, but was left outside and the sun took it's toll. 

[mswyka]

It's heartbreaking to find a sled that has such low miles, was in pristine condition, and someone left it sit outside and rot. 

Very true.

[mswyka]

One piece at a time....

[mswyka]

Doesn't look like much, but any progress is progress.

[gixxer6]

One piece at a time...Small wins! 

Looking good! 

[Interceptor398]

One piece at a time...Small wins! 

Looking good!

Yup!

[mswyka]

Precious little progress.  Never intended for this project to roll over in to 2023.  Need to move some other things out of the way to get this one back on track.

[Ameritude]

Progress is always good 👍 from the picture it looks like you have some really cool rear bogey wheels lol, but it's the car in the background lined up