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« on: September 23, 2011, 07:52:55 am »
All,

I just finished up restoring my Cavalier 51 (1953 model).  Funtronics was great with all parts, and Eric at Global Compressors/Kustom Krome did a great job with the chrome work.

Here are some "before" photos.
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« Reply #1 on: September 23, 2011, 07:53:40 am »
Here are the after photos.
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« Reply #2 on: September 23, 2011, 07:54:00 am »
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« Reply #3 on: September 23, 2011, 08:10:43 am »
Congrats.  Machine look great.  The C-51 was my very first machine I bought and restored and it sits proudly in the entrance to my malt shop.
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« Reply #4 on: September 23, 2011, 08:53:51 am »
WOW !!! You did a great job on it. Now that your past your 1st one whats next???  biggrin
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« Reply #5 on: September 23, 2011, 09:05:36 am »
Looks Great indeed... I just took one in from a customer to restored.. unfortunately can't get to it till next year but he wanted it out of his garage.

question.. what did you do on the belt to clean it up? each one by hand? polish the aluminum? paint it or what? just curiuos as I want to redo them , but not necessary take the whole belt apart?

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« Reply #6 on: September 23, 2011, 09:08:43 am »
Quote from: Funtronics on September 23, 2011, 08:53:51 am
WOW !!! You did a great job on it. Now that your past your 1st one whats next???  biggrin
Rod, my next one is a Westinghouse Standard.  Actually, my 1st one was a Vendo 110 (large door).  I cussed A LOT with that restoration!!!  As always, you and Janet provided top notch service.

Quote from: SIGNGUY on September 23, 2011, 09:05:36 am
question.. what did you do on the belt to clean it up? each one by hand? polish the aluminum? paint it or what? just curiuos as I want to redo them , but not necessary take the whole belt apart?

John, I just cleaned the belt with an SOS pad.  I didn't take it apart.  I was very fortunate to have a clean machine on the inside to start with.

Thanks guys for the kind words!
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VMC 56 Bottle (1964)
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« Reply #7 on: September 23, 2011, 09:09:15 am »
Looks great Wayne!
What a funky compressor assembly! I thought your picture was upside-down. I've owned two C-51's and between yours and my two, there have been 3 different compressor assemblies.
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« Reply #8 on: September 23, 2011, 09:11:54 am »
Quote from: collecture on September 23, 2011, 09:09:15 am
Looks great Wayne!
What a funky compressor assembly! I thought your picture was upside-down. I've owned two C-51's and between yours and my two, there have been 3 different compressor assemblies.

Thanks, Tom!!  Yeah, I haven't seen matching cooling assemblies on 51's yet!  This one has the little condensor in front of the compressor and then a big condensor on the back of the machine.  Strange indeed.

Also, if you guys notice white PVC spacers in the back of the ammo belt, they are for Yoo-Hoo bottles.  The spacers push them forward enough to activate the sold-out mechanism.
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« Reply #9 on: September 23, 2011, 09:41:19 am »
Nice job!!
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