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Got together with the family today to look through my grandmother's estate. She passed about a month back at the age of 95. I poked around the garage and found this beauty. I had to drag it home.
The body is solid. There is some rust pitting on the drip rails that I plan to fill in, and then repaint. Should I convert to 12v or leave original? Should I keep the original wheels, or go with radials? You can see that that handle is bent, should I consider a frame swap? Do you know where I can get a drop-axle for it?
Clear coat it to preserve the patina but repaint the wheels a fresh white. Hopefully the axles and wheel bearings are solid and the body to chassis mounts aren't rusted.
Plan on 9-18 months to get it restored and you should be able to get it done for around $300 and about 30hrs in labor.
If I remember correctly, the handles are that way. Nothing to do there. I would strip it down, epoxy primer. Then fix the dents and repaint it the original colours. Then find someone to make up the original radio flyer lettering to put on it. My two cents.
Ha Ha! I actually just finished a Radio Flyer resto. My wife's aunt holds a potluck every Independence day then we load up the lawn chairs on the wagon and walk a few blocks to the park for fireworks. It was looking bad so I borrowed it, and there it sat for about 51 weeks before I did the panic resto. I was afraid it was going to rust through so I cleaned it up and made it red again. She forgot I had it and started getting worried the day before the event.
Some years ago at the Big 3 auto swap (back when there was still a Qualcomm stadium standing) I saw these two wagons. Guys used to try and outdo one another with their wagon designs, these two were some of the more unique that I had seen...
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