I have minimally started work on my Burton style living wagon due for full renovation this summer 2011, after I graduate. Initially the most important thing was a new set of wheels as they needed alot of repair, this turned into a new set of very large wheels which cost a bomb but where well worth investing in, the whole wagon sits on them after all! I was recommended Richard Connell by a good friend, he did me a good deal and made a good job of the wheels as you will see in the pictures. I am removing the ugly and unnecessarily heavy weather boards and porch brackets to be replaced by prettier and much lighter versions. This is a peg knife wagon, but good and functional at the same time, just needs prettying up and above all lightening. The whole thing is to be completely stripped back and primered and repainted but this is the last of my worries right now really. The wheels done...the roof is the next mini project. It need re-canvassing and a couple of runners need new wood splicing in. Im also toying with the idea of replacing the glass in the mollicroft as ive been offered some newly made cranberry patterned glass for it. Will post updates and outcomes of various jobs on this wagon, as I go along ...the story so far...
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