Doctors Buggy For Sale

Completely Restored Antique Doctors Buggy located in Bunnell Florida. Originally Manufactured in Waterloo New York including all documentation This Antique Doctors Buggy was restored by Vintage Restorations. It is a Cornish, piano type body.(not cut under). It still has the manufacturers plate on the back showing that it is originally from Waterloo Manufacturing Company in Waterloo New York. With the manufacturers owners names also on the plate-Leonard Story and Paul G.Walsh. It is rare to find an antique buggy with the plate still on it. I have corresponded with the Waterloo Library and Historical Society, and Terwilliger Museum in Waterloo NY and they have sent me some documentation to show that it was manufactured there. Read more about it at: Horse Drawn Carriages

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Sand and Paint Everything

Recently someone asked me what to do about a buggy on which the wood was very dry.
And here is my reply:
It needs to be sanded and painted and then a sealer put over the paint.
We use automotive paint-it is more expensive but lasts longer.
The metal has to be sanded and primered and painted just like when you paint a car.
Metal must be primered right after you sand it or else the rust will come back.
I recommend doing the metal first.
If you have metal around the wheels and it is coming away from the wheels you may need to buy new wheels at:
http://www.hansenwheel.com/ - it is hard to find someone that repairs existing wheels-ask hansen if they do it.
New tops can be bought at http://www.buggy.com/

Another alternative to painting it yourself after it is sanded completely is to take it to an automotive paint shop and let them paint it for you.
If you decide to take apart the metal in order to sand it and paint it-be sure to label every single screw and nut so you put them back in the same place because some are made by hand-sometimes that is the only way to get them back together. Also label the springs so they go back in the same place. Putting it back together is like doing a gigantic jigsaw puzzle so don't do it unless you label everything.
We also offer restoration services and a restoration price list can be found on this page: http://vintage-restorations.com/buggys.htm then click on "Click HERE for Cost of Restoration"

Places to Advertise your Equipment

There are lots of free places to advertise. Here are a few that I use quite a bit to sell. When you open a new account you can put two free ads in the http://www.truckpaper.com/ Be sure to put your website address in the description of your ads.For used Antique Tractors and Equipment try YTMag.com-they only allow one picture though.You can post as many ads as you like with lots of pictures at http://used-heavyequipment.com/ and let's not forget one of the biggest free advertising sites on the internet http://www.craigslist.org/.Of course be sure not to abuse these sites and follow their policies. It's also a good idea only to place ads on craigslist that are close to home if it is a vehicle you are advertising as most people won't travel very far to look at it seems. But I have been wrong about that before as I recently shipped a Kenworth semi truck to Italy so your buyers can come from very far away.I even shipped a Mack truck and dump truck to Africa last year.I hope these links come in handy for you - thanks for visiting my internet advertising blog - Ann Menke

Valuation of Horse Drawn Carriages

I have quite a few Horse Drawn Carriages for you to look at to compare them to your own. I often get people emailing me asking what the value of their buggy is worth and the best way to tell is to look at buggys that already have prices on them. Look at the ones on my website Vintage Restorations to see if they match what you have. I usually tell people that if it has the manufacturers plate still on it that adds about $800- $1000 to the value of the buggy because this information helps you to get more information from museums in the area where it was manufactured. For a small donation if you write to a museum and send them a picture of your buggy they may send you back a copy from the manufacturers catalog. This further documents the history of your buggy. If you don't have a manufactures plate then try to find a buggy that looks as much like yours as possible so in case someone asks it's value you have a comparable to show them.
Thanks for visiting my Buggy Restoration blog - Ann Menke

To Strip or Not to Strip

-In order to show your buggy in an antique show you must strip it completely down to original bare wood and stain it "Au natural" and document everything you do with photos and text in a photo album. Search ruthlessly for it's roots. Or leave it "AS IS' for the purists to judge it. Go to a few shows first before making a committment to what you are going to do. Sign up to join caa.org Plan to devote a certain amount of your spare time to this particular project each individually or it could stretch out to years and you could get burnt out on it and end up despising it or each other for not devoting the same amount of time. When it's a joint project one person always feels they have put more money or time into a joint project at the expense of pissing off the other party to it. Don't let a project ruin your relationship. Decide ahead of time how much money each of you will put in and how much time you expect from each other to be put into working on it. We have had many restoration projects some of which can been seen at Vintage Restorations. Such as a Doctors Buggy, '66' Case Backhoe, 1976 Kenworth, and a 69 Caddy that is still waiting.

Before You Do A Restoration Project

I was recently emailing a young lady that had alot of questions about restoring a horse drawn carriage that was given to her from a deceased friend. She wasn't sure what to do with it but knew she was in love with and wanted to restore it. I had been thru many a restoration project and wanted to offer my best advice and hopefully save her some time and misery. So the excerpts following are replies from me that I had sent to her in reply to some of her questions.

She had found me originally thru viewing my Waterloo Piano Buggy at my website: Vintage-Restorations.com

To Maribeth: Sorry but without the original maufacturers plate you can't find out who manufactured it and where. You must have the company name of who manufactured it and city and state. Save the old top and any old parts-you can get a new top- put the old stuff in a box where rats can't eat at the straw stuffing. If you decide you want to restore it then...Replace it with a new top from Justin Carriages at: http://www.buggy.com/ that's where I got mine done. You can get a whole new top frame or send him the frame you have if it's in good enough shape and get him to replace the top on the existing frame and ship it back. They do all kinds of restoration work and their prices are reasonable(I shopped around) go with them. They've been in the business a long time-I got mine done like 6 years ago. Tell them Ann Menke from Vintage-Restorations.com referred you. My husband Russ did do alot of the restoration work on our buggy himself - but Justins Carriage did the top and seat. You can also get the seat done at a local upholsterer which I recommend as Justin's seat upholstery was not that great. He did a great job on the top though. I got mine with an oval opera glass in the back-which to me adds a hint of elegance to the buggy, so I do recommend it. Please check back for further excerpts of me trying to help Maribeth decide on whether to restore her buggy.

Thanks, Ann Menke