I have a great friend who hails from about 30miles outside Bismark. Longtime family farmers - dad, brothers, cousins, etc. He did leave the farm, and went into law enforcement (as did one brother). A few years ago, when back home for the annual pheasant hunt, he and that brother dragged two T-coupes (one a '27 that we know for sure, not sure about the other). Neglected? You bet. Rusted. Bullet holes. Missing pieces. One of them had a tree growing through it. Borrowed my trailer to haul them home. Today, one of 'em looks like this: The guy is retired law enforcement. He built this in his garage. I went over a helped a few times and gave some advice and lent some tools. But basically, this fellow, who never had any mechanical training and is a self-taught welder, built this thing from the cement floor up. It can be done (even by a Dakotan!). 😊
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