Post by joeolympique on Feb 25, 2020 3:48:11 GMT
Oh boy, what the heck is this? You'll just have to read on. I picked this Radio Flyer up at a yard sale about 40 years ago. The little old lady wanted 10 bucks for it. I ruthlessly beat her up to $20. I bought it for the express purpose of hauling the large steel belted Coleman cooler to the Blue Angles/Thunderbirds air shows. That was back in the day when the world seemed kinder and less afraid. Got about five years out of it when the word came down... no coolers allowed on the flight line, bummer. Insert rant here (Greedy corporate concessionaire company demanding a captive audience forced to buy four dollar bottles of water and ten dollar cheeseburgers). After that the wagon saw little use and was stored haphazardly outside with some cover. Since my sled project, 72 340 TNT, was finished by labor day last summer I had some time on my hands. What to do? Inspiration came.
Serious elbow grease required here as that factory red was on like iron
The bottom of the tub was all wavy gravy and fhumpa fhumpa,
The angle iron braces straitened it out and added the necessary strength.
Introducing The Nordic Flyer (You just knew this had to end in yellow
). The '72 hood stripewas a perfect fit at 25 inches long and 1.5 inches in height. About 30 minutes per side to center and level
