ENGEL’S COACH SHOP

105 So. Main Street

PO Box 247

Joliet, MT 59041

406-962-3573

Accessories

This page is a bit of a catch all for items that don’t deserve a category of their own, but are little necessary items to buggies.

These cast iron tail gate latches are a nice added touch the spring wagon end gates. The hook end fastens to the rear of the side boards and the eye attaches to the tail gate. These are also sometimes used on chuck wagon boxes.

Tail gate latch $11.50/pr (2 hooks and eyes)

These Quick pins are sure handy when it comes to taking your shafts or poles on and off. Forget the bolts and nuts and having to have a wrench handy. Simply slip the spring clip off the end of the pin and slide them on or off the shafts or pole. These are hardened pins and are 3/8” in diameter.

Quick pins $3.90 / pr

Anti-rattlers are some what similar to the quick pins in that you don’t need a wrench for bolts. The spring tensioner keeps the pin fastened to the shaft shackles while keeping tension on the pin to keep it from rattling in the shaft shackle.

Antirattler $10.00/pr

Inside the axle nuts on lighter vehicles is a machined ring which accommodates a leather washer. These leather coils are for making various size washers to fit this ring. The coil can be expanded or contracted in diameter to fit various sizes. One coil will do 8 to 10 nuts or four wheels when inside and outside washers are needed.

Leather coil washer $3.00 / coil

Every buggy needs a place to carry a whip and there is a variety of styles available. The whip socket lettered (a) is solid brass and designed to mount on a horizontal surface. The lip to the left can be drilled for either a screw or a bolt and is commonly used on carts where it is mounted on the shaft. Whip sockets (b) and (c) are mounted on vertical surfaces such as wooden dashes or box sides. (b) is brass and (c) is cast iron and paintable.

(a) whip socket $12.00 ea

(b) whip socket $8.50 ea

We also carry wooden whip sockets that are fashioned to mount on leather covered dashes. The tabs on the bands fit around the metal framing in a dash and fastened with a small bolt. These come in both black and natural finishes. (Natural not shown, but same style)

Black $11.50

Natural $12.50

These are two original style cast iron steps we have available. The round is more for the light buggy vehicles while the square is a bit heavier for the spring wagon size vehicles.

Round buggy step $10.50 ea

Square spring wagon step $15.50 ea

Often times wagon seats will have corner braces to strengthen the corner joints. These cast corner braces can be drilled and fastened to your new seat or added to an old seat for added support.

Seat corner brace $1.25 ea

Tee plates, as shown here, are meant to be placed under the head of a carriage bolt when the bolt is placed near the end of a piece of wood. The tee plates are then molded to fit the contour of the wood and helps prevent the wood from splitting. Applications are often on shaft ends, near the eyes, and circle braces for both carts and buggies. These come in 1/4”, 5/16” and 3/8” bolt sizes.

All sizes of tee plates $.50 ea

Meadowbrook carts have seat backs that fold down to allow rear entry into the cart. These seat back brackets allow this function. The base is bolted to the seat and the upper portion is bolted to the seat back. These come in pairs and one pair is required for each seat. Meadowbrook carts take two pairs of brackets.

Seat back brackets $28.00 / pr

Roller rub irons are a must for vehicles with rubber tires. When wheels are converted to rubber tires, the steel rub iron must be replaced with a roller rub iron. Otherwise, when the rubber comes up against the steel rub iron in a tight turn, it will grab and crawl under the body, often times overturning the vehicle.

Roller rub irons $12.50 / pr

Wagon bows

We have our own steamer and bend our own chuck wagon and sheep wagon bows. Common sizes are 38”, 42”, and 78”, but we have a wide range of forms for custom sizes also. We bend our bows out of quarter sawn air dried ash for exceptionally strong bows. Each bow measures 5/8 x 2” x 14 feet in length and have the outer corner rounded to reduce wear on the canvas. We also will bend wagon bows up to 3” wide on order. (Bows wider than 2” are not quarter sawn) We used to be able to ship via the Post Office, but they have recently restructured their measuring guidelines and have made it not possible any more. Therefore, all bows have to be shipped truck freight. I must add a $10.00 packaging fee for plastic wrapping each bundle. Freight charges are calculated for each shipment.

All 5/8 x 2 x 14’ bows are $28.00 each – specify width of wagon

All 5/8 x 2½ x 14’ bows are $35.00 each – specify width of wagon

All 3/4 x 3 x 14’ bows are $38.00 each – specify width of wagon

Bow clips available to fit our bows. $1.25 each (requires 4 / bow)

Bobsled Runners

We are now bending bobsled runners!! These are one piece runners bent from 2 ¼ x 5 ash, 7ft in length in the rough. They clean up at about 2 1/8” to 90% or 100% at 2” thick. If you don’t trust the two piece runners, here’s an old style – one piece runner again!

Heavy Bob-sled Blanks - $60.00 ea.

We also bend lighter runners for passenger bob-sleds, as well as cutter runners and replacement runners for buggy wheels.

These are a few accessories we have on hand. I’ll keep adding as I have time. If there are specific items you are looking for let us know; maybe we can help you out.

Dave and Diane Engel
ENGELS COACH SHOP
105 So. Main
PO Box 247
Joliet, MT 59041
406-962-3573

dave@engelscoachshop.com

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