Gallery of Restorations

[mickyd]

Much improved Peter. Looks MUCH better.

[allsas]

1st: 520 S/N 060399 Wendy
2nd: 500 S/N 366722 Bonnie - Upgraded to Poly V belt 4S
3rd: 500 S/N 203145 Roy
4th: 510 S/N 370365 JAG - Delivered to Santa Rosa
5th: 520 S/N 010702 Dave
6th: 500 S/N 286664 Pete - Sold on C/L
7th: 500 S/N 379638 Tom - 4S

Bonnie:
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JAG:
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Pete:
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Tom (Before):
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[ddvann79]

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From a relic not run in 20 years, a gift from my dad, to a fully functional Mark 5. This is my first restoration of a machine. Couldn't have done it without the kind folks here.

[dusty]

You have done a great job, Dalton. It looks like a new machine. In twenty to twenty five years someone will trying to figure out what they should do with this relic. Talk about a rebirth!:)

[ddvann79]

You have done a great job, Dalton. It looks like a new machine. In twenty to twenty five years someone will trying to figure out what they should do with this relic. Talk about a rebirth!:)

Thanks, Dusty. Hopefully in 20 -25 years I will still be using the relic.

[JPG]

Thanks, Dusty. Hopefully in 20 -25 years I will still be using the relic.

I have a feeling that if you use it for 20-25 years it will not then be a 'relic'!:)

[wingrider]

What started out as a general maintenance on my 1955 Greenie, ended up to be a full restoration. When I started to clean and lube the the headstock, I found two bearing that were going bad. So it was time to do a complete headstock rebuild. While the headstock was apart it was a good time to strip and paint the frame. I painted the headstock Hammered Gray and Verde Green and the rest of the parts Verde Green. I was able to get paint from my local BB store. Made it into a shorty as I have two SS in my shop. Here are pictures of before and after.

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[JPG]

What started out as a general maintenance on my 1955 Greenie, ended up to be a full restoration. When I started to clean and lube the the headstock, I found two bearing that were going bad. So it was time to do a complete headstock rebuild. While the headstock was apart it was a good time to strip and paint the frame. I painted the headstock Hammered Gray and Verde Green and the rest of the parts Verde Green. I was able to get paint from my local BB store. Made it into a shorty as I have two SS in my shop. Here are pictures of before and after.

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That is a good looking "A" headstock! The rest looks good also!

[wingrider]

That is a good looking "A" headstock! The rest looks good also!

Thanks for the complement! I sandblasted it before I painted it. Used low pressure on most of it. Just high enough to take the old paint off but had to increase the pressure the clean the rust off the legs. It cleaned up very nice and didn't take to long to do. Total actual time spent working on the restoration was about 12 hours. I just worked on it when I had free time.

[JPG]

Thanks for the complement! I sandblasted it before I painted it. Used low pressure on most of it. Just high enough to take the old paint off but had to increase the pressure the clean the rust off the legs. It cleaned up very nice and didn't take to long to do. Total actual time spent working on the restoration was about 12 hours. I just worked on it when I had free time.

I have spent more than 12 hrs just trying to get some rusty parts to 'separate'.