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OK here is the metal 7 up cooler as I bought it and now after spending 8 hrs redoing it. It needs a drain plug if anybody has one for it.I think it turned out OK for my first one..;):chevy:

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This is what was inside for insulation!

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I took both sides off and all the hardware and re did them the best I could. I put in all new pop ribets also.
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I also bought this foam insulation to help with keeping the ice better.

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Put new seal all around the top to!

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That came out nice and will work better than new! Maybe you can steal a drain plug from another cooler that's cheap and messed up. Or,use plumbing parts.

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Possibly one of these would work; http://www.parkeryamaha.com/SeaDoo-D...292001252.aspx


Looks good Andy !

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Thanks, yea I thought about the boat plugs. I have a older cooler that I may use the plug out of it if I can't find one.;):chevy:

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In case some of you guys want old parts for the cooler's!;):chevy:



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thanks for posting this,,, I hope to start a restore project on a small sailboat and its missing the plugs.... great for all the rain we have been getting, but probably not so good when I get it in the water...

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I wish I had $100+ for it. I'd buy it and polish her up to a mirror finish and redo the 7-Up logo. Man it would look good in my 88! :)

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Nice work!

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Well I started on the pleasure chest today. I sanded it down and getting it ready for primer. I know some of you will hate this but I have a plan for this one to match my truck paint scheme so stay tuned! I be updating as I go. I used a 4" grinder with a cup brush to clean it up.

How it started.
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After I brushed it.
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Got to fix this. What do you guys suggest I use.

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You could try some aluminum solder. Should work fine, just like sweating pipes, but it need's something behind it to make it pool.

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you know you just killed any kind of value it had when you stripped off the original paint, right?

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I had thought about just plain old body filler! I'll look around a few days and see what I can find.;)

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Shane, he is restoring it...

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Ah...not the way I read it

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Lol, which to me means restoring it, you know, new paint etc.

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no sir ...

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I'm going to have it for the truck shows when I go! It's going to have the same paint and penstripping as the truck. Going to have everything polished and chromed I hope.
The pleasure chest cooler's are all over the place not much money. I have found a bunch of them for $35.00 to $50.00 on craigslist.;):chevy:


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You should buy every one you can find for $35. :lol:

http://compare.ebay.com/like/2707811...=sbar&_lwgsi=y

http://www.ebay.com/itm/PLEASURE-CHE...item43a925f69e

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What you get and what you asking for something like that are completely different things.

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umm ... ok ... how about a couple that DID sell?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1950...item2c5e686bd6

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-PLEA...item5ae1dc23f6

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This one want be for sell! I have my 2 7 up coolers also. One is all orignal the other one is all orignal as far as looks. It's in the first post. I updated it with foam liner and new pop ribets because it was falling a part. Got a new drain plug ordered it will look orignal anyway. The foam I hope will keep the ice better to!
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That white 7-Up cooler on the wall is perfect! Is it for sale?

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Got the S/S drain plug while I was gone. Installed it and will get pictures tomorrow! It's done.:chevy:

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Bought the paint today going to try and getter done this weekend so I can get it pinstripped next week sometime!

I also got the plug installed in the 7 UP cooler!
All Stainless steal.

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Here is what I have done on the old Pleasure Chest.
Put filler in the hole and hope it's going to hold. Have to sand it down and primer it.

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Went to the local paint store and bought enough paint and hardener to match the truck + this handy dandy paint system.

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I've heard those preval sprayers are good, I bought one a few years ago and have yet to use it. :D