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Title: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 08, 2014, 05:05:06 pm Just finished up this one on Friday. I love the all red early Vendo models.
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 08, 2014, 05:05:36 pm side view
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 08, 2014, 05:06:04 pm polished drum
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Slider-Bob on September 08, 2014, 05:23:31 pm Looks awesome Shane! Great job!
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Eric on September 08, 2014, 05:45:35 pm Awesome job. I agree the early all red are the great looking!
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Jim on September 08, 2014, 07:40:57 pm Well done Shane ! ! !
And it looks factory fresh, no extra decals all over the place! Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Jared on September 08, 2014, 09:18:49 pm great job shane
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: BrianS on September 08, 2014, 10:05:09 pm Aren't the drums aluminum? Do you have any pics of the drum before you polished it up? Looks great
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: mygoose101 on September 08, 2014, 10:42:03 pm Very sharp. Love the early all Red also.
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: SodaShopNick on September 09, 2014, 08:34:13 am Always love your work. I am also curious about how the drums looked before hand as they fantastic now.
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Kilroy on September 09, 2014, 09:00:10 am My favorite machine. Thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: mznb1u on September 09, 2014, 07:48:19 pm Great work Shane--as usual! I too would be interested to hear what steps and what products you used on the drum.
:drinking: Tim :drinking: Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 09, 2014, 11:05:52 pm Thanks for all the positive comments guys.
The front face of the drum is aluminum. I usually drill out the spot welds and separate the front face from the rest of the drum. Then I powder-coat the middle and back section. I also remove the counter weight and sandblast and powder-coat that as well. Once the front face is removed from the rest of the drum, I sand it out with really fine sandpaper, then I wet sand it with even finer paper. Then I very carefully polished it on my buffing wheel. I also have a smaller drill attachment to get into the bottle holes and polish all the edges. You have to be VERY CAREFUL polishing one of these wheels. If the polishing wheel gets caught it will go flying across the room and probably bend or warp. The key is to polish it very slowly and pay close attention to where the buffing wheel is headed. Also, wear a face shield, and gloves/body protection. Polishing is dangerous! I've dropped many "F" bombs while polishing lol. Hope this helps. Cheers, Shane Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 09, 2014, 11:06:27 pm here is one after polishing
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: cohammer on September 10, 2014, 07:53:47 pm Looks great
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: collecture on September 10, 2014, 08:58:24 pm Looks great Shane! I have a soft spot for the all red machines - they are the originals!
Does nobody reproduce the Loading Instruction plate that mounts in the center of the drum or have you just not put it on yet? Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Ezra on September 10, 2014, 10:24:25 pm Looks awesome!
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: RustyGold on September 11, 2014, 08:40:04 am Looks great Shane! I have a soft spot for the all red machines - they are the originals! Does nobody reproduce the Loading Instruction plate that mounts in the center of the drum or have you just not put it on yet? I don't have the loading instructions on the drum in my machine, and it looks pretty original. I have the loading instructions on a decal on the door liner. Maybe this was added to the later machines? Looks great! Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Creighton on September 11, 2014, 04:56:24 pm Outstanding!!
Creighton Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: Gumbo on September 11, 2014, 08:14:51 pm nice job!
Title: Re: Early Vendo 39 - Just finished restoring. Post by: georgescustompaint on September 11, 2014, 10:15:20 pm This one didn't have the instruction plate. I don't know if all the 39's had them. I think just the later versions had them.. Not sure
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