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2015
2015
28 HG 85 - First Can-Am purchased.
Sold a few years later in part-exchange for a Harley Davidson MT350.
2022
2022
Can-Am Bombardier Military Restoration was founded. When seven bikes (pictured left) were listed on Facebook Marketplace locally. Being an existing owner of one Can-Am, I was familiar with the model, thus decided to see about saving them for spares/repairs.
And since then, have gone on to collect more non-runners/bitsa/restoration/project grade bikes. With a vision to save and restore parts for future endeavors.
2024
2024
A significant turn of events took place. When I was approached by a classic car restoration company in East Anglia. Who were dealing with a deceased estate. The property also included a large number of ex-army Can-Am, believed to have been purchased direct from MOD disposals auction around 1988. And sadly left to the elements thereafter.
The bikes were all in a sorry state upon aquisition, mostly covered in moss and foliage. Smashed lights and instruments. Chains and wheel spindles rusted solid and brake shoes seized onto the drums. Meaning that the only way of moving them was by dragging them out one at a time by hand and loading onto the van.
A few however could not be saved, as they were envoloped by a tree. But I was able to recover the majority, to prevent them falling into the hands of the scrap man.
Work then began on dismantling all of the bikes recovered. Scrap parts like the rear shocks, rusted through petrol tanks, rusted chains, nuts & bolts were all disposed. An impact gun, angle grinder and penetrating oil got most of the bikes apart. But a few pieces, mainly wheel spindles, required heating and quenching, plus a bit of sledge hammer, to break the rust bonds. A handful had to be sent to a local welder to have header bolts removed.
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Work has since been ongoing to restore parts and rebuild bikes to order.
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