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Title: Hires 55 finished Post by: kbareit on February 12, 2014, 04:42:23 pm I finally finished assembly of my Hires 55. Dean the body man and painter did an outstanding job on it and makes it really stand out. The powder coating was done by a fellow member and the new parts were purchased from Soda Jerk Works and Funtronics. I restored the condensing unit and did the assembly work and without the work of the previous folks it would not have turned out as nice as it did.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Jim on February 12, 2014, 04:54:25 pm Very Nice Ken ! ! !
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: SodaShopNick on February 12, 2014, 04:57:05 pm Wow Ken, it looks great!!!
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: kbareit on February 12, 2014, 05:12:10 pm OOPS!!! These two pics didn't load.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Jim on February 12, 2014, 05:19:06 pm After looking again, the machine kinda looks washed out with all the surrounding snow ! ! ! :oops: :upside: :tounge: :oops: :upside: :tounge:
Just kidding ! ! ! I can get away with that being it's 85degrees today ! ! ! Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: mack65az on February 12, 2014, 06:15:18 pm Looks awesome Ken. I have one of these in the queue. Graphics look great. All painted? Did you get specific colors or just match
as close as possible? Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Wojcik on February 12, 2014, 06:23:40 pm Look's great! Good job! :smile:
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: georgescustompaint on February 12, 2014, 06:33:04 pm LOOKS GREAT KEN!
I loves Hires stuff. Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Sarman47 on February 12, 2014, 06:39:54 pm Great job. Thanks for the inspiration.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Swachtelncc on February 12, 2014, 06:54:59 pm Great job, like the Hines machine
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Pat Pixley on February 12, 2014, 07:47:29 pm looks good Ken :smile:
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 12, 2014, 08:14:27 pm Ken...looks great!
OK...i'll give the details/credit/background.... Johnie G once owned this Hires slider originally, who sold it to Kilroy, who sold it to me, who then sold it to Ken for the magic to happen! I met Dean (the Hires painter) in Cleveland via ebay who I bought a few 35's from. He owns a body shop and does incredible work! Dean did an awesome paint job...top notch! Ken, Dean and I soon become even better friends, and many restorations have taken place since our initial meeting! Dean just finished painting my embossed orange crush 55 which Ken is restoring/reassembling for me. Can't wait to see it! Dave Wojcik did an awesome job blasting and powder coating the tub for Ken. Top notch work! I currently own another embossed Hires slider that I traded for from Detroit Dave...I can only hope it turns out this nice when Dean/Ken are done with it! I've got a few more machines in the hopper, but will eventually look great...I hope!!! Congrats Ken! Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 12, 2014, 08:31:45 pm here is an original pic of it.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 12, 2014, 08:38:23 pm original side loading door.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: tkaz on February 12, 2014, 08:50:24 pm Very nice! Really neat to see a rare off brand get restored, plus a cool story of ownership
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: HowDueYouDue on February 12, 2014, 09:00:36 pm Looks awesome. Congrats!
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 12, 2014, 09:29:46 pm close up in process
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: ld26 on February 12, 2014, 09:35:34 pm Looks great, congrats
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 12, 2014, 09:36:52 pm kens hires, bobs coke
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Eric on February 12, 2014, 10:18:00 pm Wow... the lettering is awesome... All done by hand? Great job! :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Jeffmon on February 12, 2014, 10:34:11 pm Wow looks amazing, is the lid just highly polished SS or was it chromed ?
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: sc1101 on February 13, 2014, 08:16:39 am Looking good Ken. :happydrinkers: I'll let you know if I see any of the others brands you still need. Thanks again for the help with my compressor.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: jholmgren on February 13, 2014, 09:02:27 am Looks terrific Ken!
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: MoonDawg on February 13, 2014, 09:04:32 am Wow... the lettering is awesome... All done by hand? Great job! :happydrinkers: I agree, very well done. Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Funtronics on February 13, 2014, 01:11:47 pm Great job. The Hires is a great looking slider. Nice painting on the letters. :happydrinkers:
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: kbareit on February 13, 2014, 05:16:56 pm Thanks for the compliments everyone, I guess I have a couple questions to answer. Dean the painter had total control on color and graphics. The logo's are custom made then clear coated over several times so it's hard to tell they are decals. The lid is stainless and was purchased from Funtronics, I peeled the protective plastic off it a few minutes before taking the pics and didn't even wipe the lid down. The best part of this is my wife has picked out a place in the kitchen for it so it will be moving in tomorrow when my son is home to help me move it.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: brasskey on February 15, 2014, 12:30:34 am Very, very nice Ken! Looks incredible. Also, I can't believe the wife let you have it in the kitchen. I haven't been able to get one in the house yet.
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: crackerman_don on February 15, 2014, 08:25:34 am Ken awesome looking machine . Thanks for posting pics they give us all hope LOL.
Donnie Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Eric on February 15, 2014, 11:07:29 am Could you please ask him what font was used for “ROOT BEER ” “BARKS”... I like how the leg on the R and K drops down...
would like to find that font. Tell him Great job on the graphics! Top Notch! :happydrinkers: thanks Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Jared on February 15, 2014, 09:06:25 pm awesome job
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: mznb1u on February 17, 2014, 10:38:13 am Looks great Ken!
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Smallblock on February 17, 2014, 11:22:38 am Amazing job !! 8)
Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: kbareit on February 17, 2014, 07:54:46 pm Could you please ask him what font was used for “ROOT BEER ” “BARKS”... I like how the leg on the R and K drops down... He literally had the original graphics scanned from the front of the machine so whatever the font was it was original to the machine. I'm pretty sure he had an extra set made and his decal guy saved the artwork. I can contact him if you need a set made.would like to find that font. Tell him Great job on the graphics! Top Notch! :happydrinkers: thanks Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Eric on February 17, 2014, 08:04:00 pm That's alright I thought if it was a full true type font family it would be good to have... Sounds like he scanned and built a vector file... thanks though
for asking... that would be a great file to keep handy if another one pops up! Thanks again! Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: Slider-Bob on February 17, 2014, 08:35:57 pm Ken,
I'm going to restore my hires one day, so I will contact Dean for the extra set of decals you mentioned. He'll be painting it just like yours... I love it! Thanks. Title: Re: Hires 55 finished Post by: rayg on February 17, 2014, 09:23:16 pm Sweet! love the way the stainless steel door is polished to a mirror finish!
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