Off Season Project for my Hunting Room
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Off Season Project for my Hunting Room
Hello all,
A number of months ago I mentioned to my neighbour that I wanted to find a vintage John Deere fridge to refinish for my hunting room (I'm a farm boy and grew up on a 600 acre farm and according to my dad if it was anything other than JD green it had better be passing through).
Well I came home from work one afternoon and found this sitting in my driveway with a note attached to it - "It's not a JD but its a fridge that should be a tractor". It was a 1949 International Harvester fridge.
The original manufacturers instructions were still on the door and I managed to save them
I found out later that the "bour" knew that my OCD would kick in and I would tackle the project ... He was right. The fridge had been outside for several years and it was in pretty rough shape.
I stripped the fridge down to its bare essential and rebuilt it. I had to McGuiver a number of parts that were missing and here is what I ended up with .... Finished product and ready for my hunting room ...
Cheers,
Chester
A number of months ago I mentioned to my neighbour that I wanted to find a vintage John Deere fridge to refinish for my hunting room (I'm a farm boy and grew up on a 600 acre farm and according to my dad if it was anything other than JD green it had better be passing through).
Well I came home from work one afternoon and found this sitting in my driveway with a note attached to it - "It's not a JD but its a fridge that should be a tractor". It was a 1949 International Harvester fridge.
The original manufacturers instructions were still on the door and I managed to save them
I found out later that the "bour" knew that my OCD would kick in and I would tackle the project ... He was right. The fridge had been outside for several years and it was in pretty rough shape.
I stripped the fridge down to its bare essential and rebuilt it. I had to McGuiver a number of parts that were missing and here is what I ended up with .... Finished product and ready for my hunting room ...
Cheers,
Chester
Last edited by Sandman on Mon Apr 14, 2014 6:40 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Looks pretty dang good!
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Great job ...that's sweeter than sweet.
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Very nice. Great conversation piece. You did an excellent job. (although you got H2O taking up precious beer space )
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Wow! What a nice job!!!
Glad to see you've already got it stocked with the essentials too
Glad to see you've already got it stocked with the essentials too
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Spect once you getstid done plowin, you can partake of a cold one n relax. Looks right nice
Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
That turned out amazing!!
I'm sure it will be an essential part of the "Man Cave"!
In fact it's downright Beautiful !!!
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I'm sure it will be an essential part of the "Man Cave"!
In fact it's downright Beautiful !!!
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Nice job! looks great
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That is awsome!!!! I never knew JD or International made frigs. Cool!!!
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Ok now that is cool, literally and figuratively. Well done!
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
That puts a whole new meaning to TLC, hang in there you'll get to use that JD green one day, really nice.
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Wow is right! What a tremendous amount of work. Well worth the effort though, beautiful job. Awesome!
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
That looks good .
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Re: Off Season Project for my Excal Hunting Room
Paul, back away slowly!paulaboutform wrote:Wow is right! What a tremendous amount of work. Well worth the effort though, beautiful job. Awesome!
Sandman, AWESOME! You're a lucky guy!
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