| Project
# | 1 | Owner: | Ken
Bird | | Email | kenbird@shaw.ca | | Machine:
| Cavalier
CS64-F | | Condition | Fair | | Original
Purchase Price | $180.00 Canadian | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| I
THEN TOOK THESE PICTURES AND MEASUREMENTS AND GOT MY STRIPER FRIENDS TO CUT THE
LOGO DECALS FOR ME. AS YOU CAN SEE THE "BETTER" SHOULD BE OVER A LITTLE, BUT I
JUST LEFT IT AS IS FOR NOW. |   |
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I STARTED TO STRIP THE PAINT OFF TO TRY AND FIND THE OLD PAINT SCHEME. I THEN
USED CHEMICAL STRIPPER TO TAKE A COUPLE OF LAYERS OF PAINT OFF, AS YOU CAN SEE,
IT CLEANED IT OFF PRETTY GOOD AND YOU CAN SEE THE ORIGINAL SCHEME AND THE LOGO
ETCHED INTO THE METAL. |  |
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I THEN DID THE BODYWORK ON IT, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW THAT THESE MACHINES ARE WAVEY
ALONG THE PANELS NATUALLY, AND I REPAIRED THE SHARP DENTS AND HAD A FEW HOLES
TO WELD UP. I DIDN'T GET ANY PICTURES OF IT IN PRIMER OR OF THE DOOR AS I FORGOT
THE CAMERA AT HOME THOSE TIMES,SORRY |  |
THE
INSIDE I JUST CLEANED UP AND THE COIN MECHANISM TOO, IT IS SET AT 75 CENTS. I
PUT ALL NEW LIGHT BULBS IN, POLISHED THE TRIM AS BEST AS POSSIBLE AS SOME OF IT
WAS DINGED UP PRETTY GOOD, AND THE BOTTOM TRIM WAS SHOT, SO I TOOK A PIECE OF
AFTERMARKET STAINLESS ROCKER PANEL TRIM THAT PEOPLE PUT ON THEIR 1/2 TONS CUT
IT TO FIT ,AND LOOKS GREAT. |  |
I
PAINTED IT IN CHRYSLER R4 RED AND W7 WHITE IN PPG BASE/CLEAR - THESE COLORS ARE
VERY CLOSE TO THE ORIGINALS |  |
| I
HAD NEW DECALS MADE BY THE LOCAL STRIPE COMPANY, CLEANED THE TRIM,STAINLESS,GLASS,ETC,
AND THE INSIDE ,ASSEMBLED IT. |  |
| IT
WORKS GREAT AND IT RESIDES IN THE FAMILY ROOM OF OUR BASEMENT. |  |
IT'S
NOT A 100% PERFECT RESTORATION, BUT MAYBE SOMEDAY I MIGHT REDO IT AND GO RIGHT
THROUGH EVERY NUT AND BOLT AS I DON'T INTEND ON SELLING IT. |
KEN"S
SIGNS! THE BUTTON IS A FOUR-FOOT PORCELAIN ONE DATED 1954. I PICKED IT UP
AT A SWAP MEET PAST MAY, IT'S COOL. THE OTHER SIGN IS A BIT SUN-FADED BUT IT'S
STILL A NEAT OLD SIGN EVEN WITH THE INITIALS SCRATCHED IN IT. THERE WAS ONE EXACTLY
LIKE IT ON E-BAY ONLY BETTER SHAPE AND IT WAS DATED 1958, SO I WILL GO FOR THAT
DATE AS I CAN'T FIND ONE ON MINE, THIS ONE I PICKED UP AT ANOTHER LOCAL ANTIQUE
SHOP FOR A SONG. |   |
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