Q. I am restoring a Brougham and the top is no longer waterproof. It is covered with some material that has been thickly painted but what the material is I cannnot determine. I have read somewhere that leather was used, stretched on wet. This might be difficult to replace, was any other kind of material […]
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…the cowboy got out of the carriage with a small square, tied it to the horse and the horse just stood there. What was that object? The cowboy was using a horse tie down, sometimes called a horse tether, hitch stone or tie weight. They were normally made of cast iron and weighed around 20
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If you’ve ever tried Googling for the history of the Meadowbrook Cart you’ve probably found a distinct lack of information. This dearth of information is because Meadowbrooks used to be classified as a Road Cart and/or Long Island Cart. So where did it all start? Gigs, two-wheeled carts that were fast and light, were being
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