vintage-air
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Restoring America...1 machine at a time!
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« on: November 16, 2010, 05:45:42 pm » |
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RC-81
Pepsi -81
Coca Cola 81-D's
Vendo 39's
Vendo 44's
WD-12's
WH5-T
Westinghouse Junior
Victor 3 door cooler
Lots of picnic coolers... RC, Grapette, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Orange Crush
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halehouse
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2010, 06:58:18 pm » |
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Great descriptions and tutorial pics!
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Vendo 63 Stylestar (Restored)
Glascock Standard
Cornelius 50 Slider (Restored)
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Chedki
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2010, 07:32:12 pm » |
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We need more tutorial pictures like this on this website !  |
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Royal Crown Cola Ideal 55 slider
Nichol Kola Quikold Standard
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Creighton
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2010, 07:32:49 pm » |
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Great save, Thanks for the pictures!!
Creighton
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collecture
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2010, 08:14:42 pm » |
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Great job Jeff!
It is nice to have it all laid out like that.
Maybe the powers that be can move this to the Tips & Tutorials section...might be best served there.
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Cav 27, 33, CS-55E-2, 72
S-48 DP
Ideal CC 35, Barq's 55
1930s DP Counter Cooler
Vendo Coin Changers (ea. style - orig w/ stand)
Vendo Junior (rest.), 23 Deluxe, 39D, 44, 56RT, 80SS, 81A (orig), 81D, 6 C.V.
VMC 27, 27A, 81D DP, 110 DP
Westy WC-42-T, WC-44SK, WD-5(2), WB60
Victor C-14
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BrianB
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« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2010, 06:38:47 am » |
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Jeff, Thanks for taking the time to document your procedure, that's awesome. Great pictures plus an easy to read, step-by-step narrative. Excellent! Gives hope to other out there that may have a cooler that they want to save!!  |
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Brian
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ss540
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« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2010, 08:39:43 am » |
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Great work!! I'm curious how you will keep from overheating the insulation as you weld out the new bottom.
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Down in Texas
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cokemachinesandmore
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« Reply #7 on: November 17, 2010, 08:51:59 am » |
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Very nice attention to detail, great work so far. like to see the finished pictures.
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MoonDawg
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2010, 09:11:28 am » |
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It would look good on top of an RC 81 |
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Glen
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Larry
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« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2010, 09:17:18 am » |
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I was wondering about smoking the foam myself. It's funny there use to be two hundred RC 81's, now there are going to be a thousand of them and five hundred orange crushes.    |
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A lot of stuff.
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cokemachinesandmore
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« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2010, 09:26:23 am » |
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Hmmm who ever came up with the number 200 for the vmc 81's I bet the coca cola cowboy has bought and sold 200 rc's alone LOL
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vintage-air
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Restoring America...1 machine at a time!
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2010, 10:12:57 am » |
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Here some more pictures of what I completed yesterday. Some of you were wondering about burning the new foam under the welds. the 1" strips of sheet steel I placed under the seam kept the heat down so the weld never touched the foam. Plus a wet rag right after the spot weld keeps things cool and helps with possible warping. Here is my mig welder that I will be using for the job.  This picture shows the cooler welded up before grinding the welds smooth. Notice how I alternated the welds to control heat distortion.   Here is the small grinder I use for detail grinding.  Here is the final picture after welding and finish grinding. The picture on the right shows the seams didn't line up perfect but will be corrected during bodywork.   |
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RC-81
Pepsi -81
Coca Cola 81-D's
Vendo 39's
Vendo 44's
WD-12's
WH5-T
Westinghouse Junior
Victor 3 door cooler
Lots of picnic coolers... RC, Grapette, Coca Cola, Pepsi, Orange Crush
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Crazzy Canuck
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2010, 04:17:19 pm » |
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Nice working there Bro. Smart using the damp rags as well. A clint of mine works on high end vehicles. Prosches. Fararri's etc. He taught me that trick some time ago. He'd be buffing this cars for high end clients for shows and sometimes too much heat when polishing would cause the hood to cave and he'd grab a wet rag and throw it on it, and pop, it would pop right back into shape. Pretty cool to see.
Looking forward to finished pics
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Always buying "off brand" machines and ice chests
Constant buyer of vmc 33-3D's & Jacobs 26
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BrianB
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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2010, 04:32:21 pm » |
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This has to be one my favorite, if not my favorite, tutorial of ALL TIMES!!
Keep up the great work, Jeff!
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Brian
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Funtronics
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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2010, 05:14:30 pm » |
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Wow what a great job. You need to call Rick at Ricks Restoration and see if you can be on his show.  Very nice job. Can't wait to see finished pictures. |
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Rod
Fun-Tronics
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Gumbo
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« Reply #15 on: November 18, 2010, 05:54:19 pm » |
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Nice work Jeff.  I wish I had those type of skills! |
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Anderson
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Creighton
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« Reply #16 on: November 18, 2010, 09:26:21 pm » |
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>>Wow what a great job. You need to call Rick at Ricks Restoration and see if you can be on his show.<<
Agree on great job! Better yet call History and get your own show :-)
Creighton
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cokemachinesandmore
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« Reply #17 on: November 18, 2010, 09:39:48 pm » |
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nice to see someone with old school skills. great job jeff
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