Its actually from a late 40's early 50's carnival ride. It looks rough but is actually in fantastic shape under the 9 coats of paint! I cant wait to strip and restore this gem...
Atlanta $200. I saw one worse than this go in an estate auction for $500... One went on eBay that was missing the spindles, etc for $488. So I think I did ok. My buddy is an excellent body guy. I can't wait to restore her.
I think the best way to eliminate 9 layers of house paint on fibergl*** is soda blasting. Am I right? Sand blasting will kill it. Aircraft stripper will kill the old style resin. But soda blast I think might be ok.
The best way to remove all the old paint without destroying the body is dry ice blasting. It's a fairly new process but it really does work. Here is one in Nashville. http://www.superiordryiceblasting.com/
I think I'll let my body guy look at it first. I'd hate to blast through the original gel coat surface and start burning holes through the fibergl*** body.
Just picked this up from the fibergl*** guy. He quit counting at 18 different coats of paint!!! It was pretty hurt, and very thin and banged up. He restructured it and go it back down to gelcoat. More pics to follow.
That's going to look killer! I remember those as a kid too. Ever wonder how much snot has been wiped on those old rides.
The ones on eBay (2 recently sold and 1 currently listed) are cast aluminum bodies. I'm not sure when they started making them in fibergl***, but the cars look identical. Great find !!!
No mater how you look at it......It is very kool....Can't wait to see it redone in the red & white. I like it...Wish it was my score.
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