Re: [MV] NEW M151 Kettenkrad kit diversion

From: uniquemachine (uniquemachine@air1.net)
Date: Thu Oct 18 2001 - 15:36:47 PDT


What do these metal links look like and what kind of metal are they made of? Is
there a very high market demand for them?

Jon
Unique Machine & Engineering
>
>
> Richard Lathrop wrote:
> >
> > A friend and I were kicking around a Kettenkrad kit awhile back.
> >Of course the biggest issues would be the tracks and unique bits
> >of the Kettenkrad. It is all in how original do you want it to be.
>
> a friend of mine is starting to make molded-in-place replacement tread rubber
> for
> Jac Littlefield's Kettenkrads (and you might know how particular HE is ;-) - I
> have
> seen the metal links and IMO they would not be very hard for a competent
> machinist
> to make very good copies on a CNC mill or they could even be sand cast. (it
> just
> depends on how much you want to spend...)
>
>
> Dave Richoux M151-A1 Los Altos Ca
>
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