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Title: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: vintage-air on January 19, 2012, 10:26:03 am
I am looking for a top notch restorer for one of my machines and wanted to know who you guys use. John (signguy) is booked up solid and rick's restoration won't return phone calls. How does this guy stay in business? Let me know thanks!


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Slapshot42 on January 19, 2012, 10:49:46 am
 Did you check with Moon Dawg or Pat Pixey?


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Kilroy on January 19, 2012, 10:57:03 am
I concur, depending where you are east coast or West Coast, I'd recommend Pat or MoonDawg, though Pat has issues  putting woodgrain back on your machine... :)


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: davethebirdman on January 19, 2012, 11:43:49 am

Terry at Soda Works too...


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: collecture on January 19, 2012, 11:47:35 am
...and Rod & Janet at Fun-Tronics


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Eric on January 19, 2012, 11:51:00 am
Rod is in Illinois... and does awesome work...


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Larry on January 19, 2012, 01:38:07 pm
Earl Scheib, any machine any color. :biggrin:

What state are you in?


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Jim on January 19, 2012, 01:40:41 pm
Perhaps you would want to visit sunny Florida and bring the machine with you...
I'm ramping up for restorations again...


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Gumbo on January 19, 2012, 08:50:18 pm
Rod & Janet at Fun-Tronics!!!!!!!!!


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: mznb1u on January 19, 2012, 08:55:36 pm
Rick Dale!  :biggrin: 8) :laugh:

Just kidding of course.  If you are in the Midwest, either Pat Pixley or Rod at Fun-Tronics.

Tim


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Pat Pixley on January 19, 2012, 09:31:35 pm
Thanks for thinking of me but right now I'm booked up till May Plus I'm having surgery on my knee next week so I will be out
for two or three weeks   :Oo: .   plus I take July off (wife orders, want to spend time with me  :wow:)

   Rod or Terry or Jim  are also good guy that do great work.


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: mygoose101 on January 19, 2012, 09:57:07 pm
I'm hoping you were kidding when you said you called Rick's Restorations?


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: sodaworks on January 19, 2012, 10:14:53 pm
I'm booked for a couple of months if you can wait a longer. Terry


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: memorylane on January 19, 2012, 11:45:23 pm
I think we have the Woodgrain finish down, this is our 3rd Stoner in this finish and have two Theatres in the shop waiting on the same finish but my painter needs a break 60 hours. in this one but what a shine inside and out!

Curtis Kauffman
Memory Lane Restorations/www.retrovending.com


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: collecture on January 19, 2012, 11:53:52 pm
That's awaesome Curtis!!
Sorry about the Victor....good luck sourcing one out!


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Pat Pixley on January 19, 2012, 11:55:59 pm
 Sorry Curtis forgot you   :blush:, he  is a great guy also,  and yeah he does great with the wood grain look.
I have not talked to you in a while.

  


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: memorylane on January 20, 2012, 12:06:18 am
Hey Pat, we will be in FL. from Monday -Sunday for the Mecum Auto Auction event seen on the Speed Channel. Anyone in the Fl. area, please stop buy and say hi. We are not taking on any new restorations till May/June as we are booked solid. Only our reg. customers at this time, sorry.


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Creighton on January 20, 2012, 01:18:19 am
Outstanding job on the woodgrain.
Thanks for the pics!!
Creighton
 


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: mznb1u on January 20, 2012, 01:55:32 pm
I think we have the Woodgrain finish down, this is our 3rd Stoner in this finish and have two Theatres in the shop waiting on the same finish but my painter needs a break 60 hours. in this one but what a shine inside and out!

Curtis Kauffman
Memory Lane Restorations/www.retrovending.com

Awesome woodgrain on that machine Curtis!  Not to hijack the thread but can you post pictures of the machine completely reassembled?  I would love to see it all back together.  How did you refinish the pull knobs.  The originals on my maching like that have a touch of bakelite on the ends.

 :drinking: Tim :drinking:


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Cokemachinesandmore on January 20, 2012, 04:18:55 pm
John (signguy) may be booked but his work is definitely worth the wait!!! top notch!!


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: SIGNGUY on January 20, 2012, 04:55:23 pm
First off, thanks for the kind words on my work.. it means a lot..
 :blush:
On another note, it's good to see all of the other guys just as booked up as I am , hopefully a good sign, not only for our Hobby being more popular, but hopefully a good sign that our economy is turning around a little bit..

I currently have orders and deposits down for 7 Vendo 81's and 3 other customer machines, which are a C 51, a Vendo 39 and an Orange Crush Slider... so yeah.. pretty swamped right now.. but if a person can wait till next winter, would love to help.



Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: Pat Pixley on January 20, 2012, 09:28:54 pm
I have to agree with you John  it is a good sign of thing to come  (I hope )  and I just took on two more machines, and both are bring me there machine  ( Kansas city a Jacobs & alpena MI A vendo 81 )   :Oo:


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: globalcompressors on January 20, 2012, 11:43:00 pm
busy here too, Guys....maybe a good sign? Don't "jinx" it though....cautiously optimistic....


Title: Re: Looking for a good Restorer
Post by: bcharlton on January 21, 2012, 11:29:24 am
I am too busy to get my own stuff done.  On the wait list is:

Westinghouse Wd-5
Stoner junior
Vendo 81d
Vendo 39
Seeburg 100c
Seeburg 100b
2 Vendo Coin Changers
1956 Murray pedal car (done up in a Taxi theme)

Maybe I will quit my job and tackle it full time.

Just kidding