Father's Day AC Sled gift
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Topic: Father's Day AC Sled gift
Posted By: AC7060IL
Subject: Father's Day AC Sled gift
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 8:42am
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Back in 1988, my Dad hand built this old time wooden sled for me for a christmas present. It's middle board was painted a reddish-orange then. We (our 4 kids, their friends, plus my wife & I) all sledded many a hills & snow drifts with it. So, decades took their toll, kids grew up, & it became a rustic christmas decoration near our front door. It needed refinished. To my surprise this morning as a Father's Day gift, my loving wife presented what you see below to me. She & her step-Dad, refinished it. My step-father in law sanded it, did some wood filler, & sealed it. My wife painted the orange board & did the AC logo by hand. Step-father in law did the lettering. He used to do door letter painting back in his high school years (late 1930s-1940s).  A little old lettering with the newer logo.  |
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Posted By: allisorange
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 8:57am
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Very nice job. keep it inside. John C |
Posted By: acd21man
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 9:25am
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That's very nice and thoughtful. I never understood how those worked . Around here we have to use one that doesn't have those runners our snow must be different ------------- 2 wd 45,2 D-17 diesel/gas 3 pt, 220,d21, 4020,2 4430s used daily http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCudh8Xz9_rZHhUC3YNozupw |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 1:14pm
| Now ole Shameless will be chomping at the bit to fire up his snow machine, so you can try that out. It sure does look nice. Darrel |
Posted By: Rog(NCWI)
Date Posted: 18 Jun 2017 at 6:41pm
| That is a neat sled. I wish I would of kept my first sled. Although it had steel runners I used it a lot sliding down the town road hills. My cousin had one like that, that his dad built. |
Posted By: shameless dude
Date Posted: 19 Jun 2017 at 1:13am
| that is cool! yep...I am itching to brings that machine out...but there's still time yets! |