Decided to save another one
I wanted to start a new thread for my pilot build as I have started to make some progress on it. As you may know by now, my projects take awhile to complete, don't expect this one to be any different. I had been wanting to find a FL400 roller (almost impossible to find in the northeast) for awhile now to build/mod. In November last year I stumbled across an add on FB that listed a hondaline front bumper. I inquired on it and he stated that he had a FL400 roller he wanted to sell. Sent me some photos and I agreed to go take a look at it. About a 3hr ride to a little town in Connecticut called Sandy Hook. Below are the photos I received of it, I knew that it was in rough shape, & just what I wanted. I measured out my current pilot to make sure the frame was not tweaked and suspension mounting points were good.
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He did not send me any photos of the damage in the front so I was a little upset and called him out on it. I felt like I just wasted a day when he could have been honest upfront about the damage. I went back to the truck to get the measuring tape and got to work checking it all out. To my surprise, the front suspension mounting points were all right where they should be. I measured from the rear frame forward and center to center on all the bolts. The tube was so bashed in that it made it look a lot worse that it was. Still really bad, but repairable. This was a good segue into negotiating the price & he kept the nerfs and front bumper.
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When I got it back to the shop it cleaned up really well.
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