Introduction

Hi,

I'm Delmar, I live in Rexburg, Idaho. I've been restoring buggies & wagons for about 10 years, I'm a life time carpenter so I've got some carpenter skills to make the work a little easier. I love the restoration process. To take something that has been thrown away or discarded and to restore it to use is very rewarding.

This photo represents what I typically start off with.

Typically there are only pieces of iron, some times there's not even any wood at all, if it does have wood, it's so rotten you can't use it. Hopefully the entire iron works are there. If not, we can buy most pieces from the Amish communities here in America. There are several suppliers available.

My wife Vergie calls this debris.... I guess it's all in the eyes of the beholder. I think it's beautiful!!!

Here are a few photos of some of my finished projects. I've been able to sell them to musuems, and collectors. It's always fun to see them in parades. About 2 years ago I had about 6 wagons, buggies and Ford Vehicles in different parades for the 4th of July. It's great fun to see something you've created show up in a parade.

This first one is a "farm wagon" that I've built a Chuck box for the back. The Covered Wagon Bows and off white canvas just makes it the perfect ChuckWagon. The drop down table has a finish on it so we could prepare food on it. The drawers were very "rough" made to try to emulate what it was like at the time of original use. There is a barrel on the side to allow for water storage. The other side has a place to store a shovel, ax and a built in tool box. This Chuck wagon sells for $5,000.00. I currently have one frame on hand to build a chuck wagon with.

My wife's favorite is what she calls a "Dr.'s Buggy". She says it reminds her of the buggy's used in westerns that the doctors drive.

We both really like these, they are so fun to see in the parades. I currently have 3 frames that can be made into these "Doctor's Buggies". The price on these are $4,000.00 a piece.

This is the back view of the doctor's buggy. This buggy was used for "Sunday" use. The families in town drove them.

The other item that I make a lot of are "4 Spring Wagons". These wagons were used by families as we use pick-ups today.

I hope you enjoy my introduction.... I've got some other items I'll be entering soon. I hope you enjoy reading about them. I look forward to hearing back from each of you.