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Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:18 pm
by Chicagosiren-hunters
Part of me feels a Thunderbolt would look good in a Burnt Orange...
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:34 pm
by QuantumCurse
Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Part of me feels a Thunderbolt would look good in a Burnt Orange...
What color is that?
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Fri Sep 16, 2016 5:42 pm
by freebrickproductions
QuantumCurse wrote:Chicagosiren-hunters wrote:Part of me feels a Thunderbolt would look good in a Burnt Orange...
What color is that?
https://www.google.com/search?q=burnt+o ... g_1:colour
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 12:50 am
by QuantumCurse
I'm going to post a video on Saturday of this siren. Just a chopper run but still.
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2016 10:49 pm
by QuantumCurse
Bumpity bump like Donald Trump, I managed to get the motor for the blower hooked up and gave it a spin. It would have been sooner but school and not having a Federal Pacific breaker set me back.
Sorry in advance for it being a Snapchat video.
https://youtu.be/6adjby9QmNA
EDIT
Link fixed.
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:48 am
by QuantumCurse
I'm currently in the process of removing all the paint from the siren. The chopper cap along with the top of the blower box have been stripped and primed grey. Here is a picture of the mostly stripped chopper cap with no primer.
The pictures show it as a gold color but it's more of a dull silver.
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Sun Nov 06, 2016 10:43 pm
by QuantumCurse
Bumping again.
I've taken the standpipe I had to a machine shop. They should get it ready to be mounted on the blower assembly. Updates to come.
Side note and a complete shot in the dark if anyone has a 4/5 port chopper they would like to see go into a 1003 I will be happy to buy it and trade my old one. PM if anyone feels interested.
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:23 am
by Crazywarriorman
It's been a long time since I've seen a thunderbolt restoration on here. Keep up the good work! Good luck on the 4/5 chopper, they are one of the more rare Federal objects on here.
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 3:33 am
by QuantumCurse
Crazywarriorman wrote:It's been a long time since I've seen a thunderbolt restoration on here. Keep up the good work! Good luck on the 4/5 chopper, they are one of the more rare Federal objects on here.
Thank you sir. I shall. I toyed with the idea of seeing if I could get one machined but I don't have a picture of one. If anyone does post it here and I'll see what I could do. There are at least 4 machine shops within 10 miles of my house and lots more around me. I bet someone will know what they're doing,
Re: Thunderbolt 1003A help and pictures.
Posted: Mon Nov 14, 2016 4:08 am
by TboltTX1
QuantumCurse wrote:I toyed with the idea of seeing if I could get one machined but I don't have a picture of one. If anyone does post it here and I'll see what I could do.
Here are a couple of pictures from before I reassembled mine.