You know, often times in the restoration of horse drawn vehicles
I'm in the business of making antique look new,
or sometimes making new look antique,
But this week I'm going to make new, antiques.
Well I am incorporating some old original irons off other wagons
that I have salvaged into this new chuck wagon box.
So I'm going to go through and show you how I do all the placement of these irons.
Well most cover wagons will have 5 bows,
but it's very common that chuck wagons will only have four,
which leaves the driver exposed to the elements.
And often times these bows are setting lower
than they are in a covered wagon, because you don't need stand up head room in these.
But I don't have the old original clips.
I have just a couple odd balls that are original,
and these are made from a beveled iron that is often used
for the top irons on these side boards,
I have some old irons that I have salvaged,
so I'm going to go through and incorporate some of these old original irons,
but convert them into wagon bow clips instead of top irons.
So this is what I'm referring to when I'm making new antiques.
It is old original iron, I'm just reshaping it in to a different purpose.
So they are original antique irons, but new clips.
Well I have a set of plans that I have drawn out that I've taken off of old original wagon box sides,
so I'm going to take these numbers that I show you here
and incorporate them into the placement of the bow clips on this wagon.
Well just on these two side boards alone I have eighty eight rivets that I need to set.
I won't bore you with all that.
I'll go ahead and continue doing that and we'll get into some of the final assembly next week.
Once again, thanks for watching!