Anyone wanting to buy this age of a cat for "travel/plowing/every week use" is smoking something that I almost want to try. With that said, anyone ever asking me about it, I've always told - you want an everyday cat, get a new/newer Tucker/Pisten, etc.
With that out of the way, I've had this machine in 5ft snowpack with 3-5ft of powder on top, doing what it does - going where I told it to, now did it do it as well as new machines? No, but thats like asking Ford Model-T to do something that F150 of our era does...
Can you say why model-T costs what it costs now vs the newer F150?! I think most get my point.
This was a labor of love, and I wouldnt consider giving up this machine to anyone considering to use it "heavy", as it been said - it belongs in someone collection, its more of a "bragging rights" thing in my opinion, most likely 2nd or 3rd or even 5th snowcat in that shop where person understands what they are getting.
No matter how one is to resto an Imp, or Spryte, or even a Tucker, none of them are as rare as Frandee.
What will it sell for?! God knows - I'm not in a rush, but I'm not a collector. I've got 2 other machines to play with at this point.
p.s. as far as value of restoration, once I've been told that men's restoration labor should be around $100/hr; I'm well past 500 labor hours in that machine, not counting countless hours of assistance from my buddies.
Should have sent the Frandee to China, and get a "cheaper" labor rate option LOL