Chaparral vs John Deere: A Build-Off Challenge

rp7x said:

would like to see what your using for a gun , not much over spray is nice with that kind of paint

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I’ve been using this Devilbiss JGA-502 syphon feed gun off and on for over 50 years. At the time I bought it, it was considered one of the better guns available. I seem to recall I paid $125 for it in 1974, which was a lot of money when you weren’t making very much money.

It’s kind of funny, syphon feed guns are now considered “Old School.” In my case, that seems appropriate. Take care of your spray gun and it will last a long time.

bought a binks #7 in 1975 , thats was a hard thing to put down and go to a gravity hvlp

So...how was the fishing Kelly? hood and pan look incredible! I still keep going back at that stripped down photo of the chap and its still quite amazing their set up! cant wait until you start into the mechanics of it

euphoric1 said:

So...how was the fishing Kelly? hood and pan look incredible! I still keep going back at that stripped down photo of the chap and its still quite amazing their set up! cant wait until you start into the mechanics of it

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Thanks Brian! Fishing was excellent. The condition of this sled won’t require the level of teardown that has occurred on most projects but there are things to be done and I’ll try to include some better shots of how everything goes together.

Sat out on the deck for a while tonight watching the leaves fly. They’re falling fast and the north wind has an edge to it. It won’t be long…..

Now that the bigger, weather-dependent painting is done, I have had a little time to take stock of where things are, projects and otherwise. I’m OK with where the projects are at, which is good because I figure there are maybe 30 days before boat fishing becomes a test of will against the weather and cabin shutdown won’t be far behind. So it will be a busy month but I still plan to get in a little project time, even if it’s only a couple of hours a week.

One thing I will be doing is continuing to remove cleats on the Cyclone track.


They must have run this thing down a bare gravel road for 500 miles. I’ve never seen cleats wear this bad running against hyfax. Most are worn completely through and they get weak and break.


I’m including this shot for Heckler. A guy a couple of hours away from me does quite a bit of vintage sled dealing. A friend is interested in the Kawasaki so the guy sent me a couple photos and in this one I see there is also a 433 Yamaha on the trailer. Not being very familiar with Yamaha, I’m not sure of the model or year.