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« on: April 06, 2011, 05:30:49 pm » |
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Just thought I'd share some pic's of my redone Progress Dr. Pepper cooler. I just got it back from the pin-striper & now I have to install the new liner & the new lid/top liner, polish up the aluminum corner guards & lid handle along with the drain/stopper assembly, and then finally either replace or refab a new lid-bale
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2011, 05:58:37 pm » |
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Very nice Johnnie!
I love that DP Green!
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2011, 06:26:13 pm » |
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Thanks, I got the code from Pat Pixley, it's the same shade as his DR.Pepper Cornelius compact 50 it's a Urethane enamel, not Clear-coat, Ijust have to finish the bits & Pieces mentioned above...
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2011, 06:27:27 pm » |
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Very Nice.... Great cooler.. The Script logo looks great too!...
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2011, 06:32:12 pm » |
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Thanks again, the script was hand painted by a local pin-striper , but don't let the "E" at the end of the tail logo "Good For Life" fool your eyes, it's just a touch of camera flash ( looks like it is over painted white inside the top Line of the capital "E")
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 08:36:38 pm » |
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As always looks great John , I'll have to stop down and see it .  . |
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2011, 09:16:42 pm » |
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Looks cool.. nice job!
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« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2011, 10:01:35 pm » |
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Sweet! A very professional job!
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« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2011, 10:19:38 pm » |
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very nice, looks great!
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« Reply #9 on: April 06, 2011, 10:44:47 pm » |
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you nailed the color! looks awesome
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« Reply #10 on: April 07, 2011, 06:21:54 am » |
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That's a beauty, John!
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« Reply #12 on: April 07, 2011, 08:33:00 am » |
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Thats is sharp.. Question if you don't mind.. how hard is it to take these buggers apart? I guess I thought they where welded closed? and I've had inquiries to restore some for people, but have never done so? just wondering if they are a bear to get open and old insulation out etc?
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Looks great!
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« Reply #13 on: April 07, 2011, 08:37:24 am » |
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Excellent question John. I have two coke coolers in need of work, but keep pushing them back on the restore list
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« Reply #14 on: April 07, 2011, 02:52:06 pm » |
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Very nice work, Johnie! I would be curious to know how hard those are to take apart as well!  Tim |
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« Reply #15 on: April 07, 2011, 06:59:10 pm » |
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Thats is sharp.. Question if you don't mind.. how hard is it to take these buggers apart? I guess I thought they where welded closed? and I've had inquiries to restore some for people, but have never done so? just wondering if they are a bear to get open and old insulation out etc?
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Looks great!
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The inner liner is crimped onto the outer shell. you have to get under the edge were the rolled edge of the outer shell meets the crimped edge & run along the length with a chisel or similar tool, to reseat it, you need a roller seam ( looks like a big hand-turned can opener, but with smooth rollers) |
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« Reply #16 on: April 08, 2011, 09:26:50 am » |
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Cool, thanks for the diagram,, doesn't look as bad as I thought. SO is it just insulation on the inside? I had always worried it was packed in there with tar like on so many of the coolers and fountains I've taken apart... Looks pretty simple. .may have to take on a few cooler projects...
Thanks very much for the info!
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« Reply #17 on: April 08, 2011, 10:03:04 am » |
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Yes thanks Johnnie,
What do you do about the drain tube when removing the liner? Aren't they soldered to the liner?
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« Reply #18 on: April 08, 2011, 03:06:17 pm » |
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They have Insulation is along the sides & some have fiberboard/celutex style insulation on the bottom, on mine, the drain tube was just has a retaining nut on the outside & a thin rubber gasket on the inside. but if the nut is corroded onto the drains shaft, it's quite east to snap the dang tube in half. or it will spin & not let go of the nut, earlier models had drain tubes made of cast-aluminum, so easy does it, ( later models had machined aluminum drains) some drain tubes are steel & you can get a pair of vice-grip pliers on the inside edge to keep the tube from spinning while the nut it removed on the outside of the cooler.
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« Reply #19 on: April 08, 2011, 05:52:01 pm » |
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Nice job and great information.
Thanks!
Creighton
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« Reply #20 on: May 18, 2011, 05:30:34 pm » |
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Excellent work. Thanks for sharing with us.
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