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Title: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: johnieG on April 06, 2011, 05:30:49 pm 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
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: collecture on April 06, 2011, 05:58:37 pm Very nice Johnnie!
I love that DP Green! Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: johnieG on April 06, 2011, 06:26:13 pm 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...
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: Eric on April 06, 2011, 06:27:27 pm Very Nice.... Great cooler.. The Script logo looks great too!...
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: johnieG on April 06, 2011, 06:32:12 pm 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")
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: Pat Pixley on April 06, 2011, 08:36:38 pm As always looks great John , I'll have to stop down and see it . :smile:.
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: bubba on April 06, 2011, 09:16:42 pm Looks cool.. nice job!
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: rayg on April 06, 2011, 10:01:35 pm Sweet! A very professional job!
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: David D on April 06, 2011, 10:19:38 pm very nice, looks great!
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: ciawarrior on April 06, 2011, 10:44:47 pm you nailed the color! looks awesome
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: 90grad on April 07, 2011, 06:21:54 am That's a beauty, John!
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: Cokemachinesandmore on April 07, 2011, 07:29:32 am very nice work sir.
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: SIGNGUY on April 07, 2011, 08:33:00 am 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?
Thanks Looks great! John Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: Kilroy on April 07, 2011, 08:37:24 am Excellent question John. I have two coke coolers in need of work, but keep pushing them back on the restore list
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: mznb1u on April 07, 2011, 02:52:06 pm Very nice work, Johnie!
I would be curious to know how hard those are to take apart as well! :drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: johnieG on April 07, 2011, 06:59:10 pm 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? Thanks Looks great! John 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) Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: SIGNGUY on April 08, 2011, 09:26:50 am 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! Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: collecture on April 08, 2011, 10:03:04 am Yes thanks Johnnie,
What do you do about the drain tube when removing the liner? Aren't they soldered to the liner? Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: johnieG on April 08, 2011, 03:06:17 pm 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.
Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: Creighton on April 08, 2011, 05:52:01 pm Nice job and great information.
Thanks! Creighton Title: Re: DrPepper progress cooler Post by: RC kid on May 18, 2011, 05:30:34 pm Excellent work. Thanks for sharing with us.
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