dgrapes59 wrote:Bill,
Glad to see you are using it for a decoration and not an expectation for Rosie to address high fuel costs....
David, I think the harness will fit her just fine. I could get her to pull me in the Christmas parade if I dangle one of Miss Janet's cookies in front of her on the pole I use to put the Christmas lights high in my trees.
Gary Dotson wrote:Nice score, Bill, that'll look great on that special holiday!
Gary, I'm thinking Halloween with the skeleton and Christmas with Santa in the seat and my nine foot reindeer pulling it.
Harold R wrote:Wow.....I wonder how old it is? From Amish country? Nice find.
Harold, the seller thinks it is from about 1900. It is a doctor's Buggy and I found it about 30 miles from Ralph on one of those old, and winding as all get out, Kentucky backroads.
Rudi wrote:Any idea who built it?
No idea, I can't find any markings.
All in all, it is in really good shape. One of the rotted wheels is the wrong size and I can remedy that. The floor is missing a few sections but that too is an easy fix. The owner said it looked like it originally had a thin plywood floor. The other piece looked to be about 5/16 lumber. I reminded him that plywood wasn't first used until about WWII.
No room for a spare in this trunk. The rebar was not an option.
The step is solid. It heald my weight when I stepped up on it.
There's a little storage space under the seat
Two of the wheels have a lot of rot where they had sunk into the barn floor. The other two wheels are starting to show signs of rot also.