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Thread Number: 7665
The Kirby 2R is restored! |
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| Post# 84555 , Reply# 1 11/23/2009 at 18:31 (5,257 days old) by cleaningbuff (Quincy, IL) | ||
pics | ||
| Post# 84557 , Reply# 2 11/23/2009 at 18:36 (5,257 days old) by kc_kirby (Kansas City, MO) | ||
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Here's an after restoration pic.... 
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| Post# 84559 , Reply# 3 11/23/2009 at 18:39 (5,257 days old) by kc_kirby (Kansas City, MO) | ||
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Close up of Motor 
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| Post# 84560 , Reply# 4 11/23/2009 at 18:40 (5,257 days old) by kc_kirby (Kansas City, MO) | ||
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Other side 
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| Post# 84561 , Reply# 5 11/23/2009 at 18:40 (5,257 days old) by crevicetool (GA ) | ||
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WOW!!!! Great job Chad!!!! It looks brand new!!! You musta spent days polishing that machine!!!! Fantastic!!! Good job! Rick | ||
Post# 84567 , Reply# 6 11/23/2009 at 21:19 (5,257 days old) by marukap  (Saint Louis, MO) |
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Absolutely stunning, Chad! | ||
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Post# 84568 , Reply# 7 11/23/2009 at 21:35 (5,257 days old) by vinvac (Dubuque IA) |
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| Post# 84569 , Reply# 8 11/23/2009 at 22:07 (5,257 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Beautiful Chad, did you polish this by hand or machine? Must have taken you hours!! You should be very proud of the beauty!! Terry | ||
| Post# 84572 , Reply# 9 11/23/2009 at 23:21 (5,257 days old) by aeoliandave (Stratford Ontario Canada) | ||
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| Post# 84579 , Reply# 10 11/24/2009 at 03:44 (5,257 days old) by hygiene903 (Galion, OH) | ||
Chad, | ||
| Post# 84581 , Reply# 11 11/24/2009 at 04:28 (5,257 days old) by beerad (Beautiful Vancouver BC) | ||
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beautiful Wow! What a beautiful Kirby!! | ||
| Post# 84584 , Reply# 12 11/24/2009 at 06:23 (5,257 days old) by kc_kirby (Kansas City, MO) | ||
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Terry, I did use a bench grinder with buffing wheels to polish it up. This machine had lots of scratches, maybe the worst one I've polished up. So yeah, it took quite a while to get all or most of the scratches out of the aluminum. Chad | ||
| Post# 84587 , Reply# 13 11/24/2009 at 06:40 (5,257 days old) by kenmore81 (Warwick, RI) | ||
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| Post# 84589 , Reply# 14 11/24/2009 at 07:49 (5,256 days old) by luxg () | ||
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Thanks for the information Chad, all of your hard work really shows and has paid off. Terry | ||
| Post# 84598 , Reply# 15 11/24/2009 at 11:08 (5,256 days old) by kirbymodel2c (Nottingham, England) | ||
Great job!! | ||
| Post# 84602 , Reply# 16 11/24/2009 at 12:12 (5,256 days old) by briankirbyclass (Eudora Kansas) | ||
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