GE Pepsi Wet Chest - Finally Finished!

[66GTO]

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.   

[MaineT]

Looks good! Nice to see something different get restored.

[mygoose101]

Looks spectacular. Impressive work.

[Jared]

Looks great. That's my favorite Pepsi cooler. Awesome embossing

[georgescustompaint]

Great job ! Excellent job on detailing the compressor too !

[ld26]

looks great! so cool that you learned how to do the work along the way too

[SodaShopNick]

Looks great.  That is really impressive with all the things you had to learn along the way.

[Fire708]

Wow,
Looks really nice!

[coke_and_stuff]

Very nice restoration, I like all the embossing, and the original belt drive unit.

[Kilroy]

Loving it!