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« on: December 13, 2014, 01:38:09 pm » |
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I'm happy to say that I'm finally finished with my GE Pepsi wet chest. This project took me over 2 years to complete, and was a pain in the butt! I uploaded several before/after pics to the Photo Gallery section of the website if anyone's interested.
I managed to do everything on it except the lettering. I purchased the stainless liner from a member here (JohnieG) long ago, taught myself how to weld along the way (had to repair the lower frame, and replace the underside metal skins of the doors. Also learned to do some minor body work and even painted it in my garage. Although not perfect, I am happy with how it turned out. For future projects I think I'll just pay for someone else to do the paint/body.
Some more details: Original belt drive refrigeration unit cleaned up and still working (replaced the AC motor), powder coated the liner to body trim frame and the agitator cover, and re chromed the handles and logo badge. No one makes the body gasket that I could find, so I ended up reusing the original (scuffed and repainted with flexible body trim paint).
Although impractical for daily use, it's fun to run once and awhile, and show people what the wet coolers were like. The rest of the time its just going to be for display.
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MaineT
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« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2014, 01:51:09 pm » |
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Looks good! Nice to see something different get restored.
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Tim
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mygoose101
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« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2014, 01:54:59 pm » |
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Looks spectacular. Impressive work.
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Vendo 81A Original
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Stoner Theater w/Gum Wheel Restored
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Jared
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« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2014, 02:07:01 pm » |
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Looks great. That's my favorite Pepsi cooler. Awesome embossing
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georgescustompaint
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« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2014, 02:39:43 pm » |
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Great job ! Excellent job on detailing the compressor too !
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ld26
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« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2014, 03:00:38 pm » |
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looks great! so cool that you learned how to do the work along the way too
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SodaShopNick
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« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2014, 04:09:01 pm » |
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Looks great. That is really impressive with all the things you had to learn along the way.
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Fire708
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« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2014, 03:11:16 pm » |
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Wow,
Looks really nice!
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coke_and_stuff
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« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2014, 09:04:50 pm » |
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Very nice restoration, I like all the embossing, and the original belt drive unit.
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Collector of nice original paint machines
Vendo 81 B, C, D
VMC 81 Pepsi, 7up, RC, Generic
6CV Coke, RC, Pepsi
VMC 110 RC
Vendo 39
Jacobs 26
Mills 47
Selectivend 64 7up NOS
Plus 30-50 parts and project machines
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Kilroy
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« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2014, 10:03:57 pm » |
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Loving it!
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"Restored they go for $6-7,000!!"
Member : Michigan Mafia
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Smallblock
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« Reply #10 on: December 16, 2014, 07:58:28 pm » |
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Nice work !! Love the colors!!  Are the GTO now covered in blue dust from painting ? |
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66GTO
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« Reply #11 on: December 16, 2014, 11:09:36 pm » |
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Nice work !! Love the colors!! Are the GTO now covered in blue dust from painting ? Funny but no. I spent a solid weekend cleaning my shop after the painting was done though. Not recommended.  Even when you think you've got things covered, the paints finds its way in. Thanks everyone for the kind words. I though I was done, but I'm still trying to dial in the thermostat settings, the agitator motor speed, and the agitator blade height to see what works best. There's not much info out there. |
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Funtronics
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« Reply #12 on: December 17, 2014, 07:15:27 am » |
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Looks great. Looks like a lot of hard work paid off.  |
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Rod
Fun-Tronics
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Jim
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« Reply #13 on: December 18, 2014, 08:14:58 pm » |
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Very Nice Work ! ! !
Thanks for sharing !
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BeaYoung
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« Reply #14 on: December 27, 2014, 10:23:18 am » |
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Great job! If you need a place to store it, I offer up my rec room!!! LOL!
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