The nomenclature was a little inconsistent with these machines lots of "B" models ended up ST4 and my ST4 was taged as ST 193... no 4 but I still love it anyways
That ST4 was one that I looked at a few years ago and has been posted up here a bunch of times, It has a history as colourful as its owner a lot of missing parts, a bad tranny and a very sad future. Now to give credit where it is due- I talked with the owner close to two years ago and he was getting ready to start restoring it... given how long it has been parked his sense of urgency may be different than ours.... after a long and interesting conversation he mentioned that he knew of another unit for sale and would check with the owner.. who got back to me, and eventually sold me ST193 so I do owe him a debt of gratitude-however, before I took possession of 193 he helped himself to some bits of 193..... I guess that's how they roll at the halfway ranch.
I was going to start a thread on machines that can be found or seen by useing Google street view, but I have no idea how to embed a frame image from streetview unless I use a screen capture and that takes all the fun out of it.
A couple weekends ago I went to have a look at another machine that came up here around the same time - the blue 443 with the extra door cut in on the drivers side. I was able to have a look at it, and it was at least this bad. the owner had just sold it to a family member and in conversation they mentioned another 443 nearby that I was able to see on my way home. That was fun! two vintage tuckers to break up a boring road trip!
I borrowed the wifes car for the trip as it was about 600 Miles and not 10 minutes after looking at the second rig managed to massage a deer with the front of her car at about 70
lots of body damage but I was able to drive it home. There were two of them that came out of the woods so fast I did not even see the one I hit until impact, the second one was spooked and looking back into the woods but not turning back so I am assuming something was probably chasing them.