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by **Detroit_Galaxian** on Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:02 pm

Wow Jim - you've cornered the market in these things!

I am the guy that has the "Northern Electric" tagged roman-eaglelux. (I still owe the group photos of what I'm up to with it.)

What can you tell me about the original paint color of those 3 signal heads?

How did you strip the paint off of yours?

- Ryan K

by **LarryC39** on Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:47 pm

Detroit_Galaxian wrote:Wow Jim - you've cornered the market in these things!

I am the guy that has the "Northern Electric" tagged roman-eaglelux. (I still owe the group photos of what I'm up to with it.)

What can you tell me about the original paint color of those 3 signal heads?

How did you strip the paint off of yours?

- Ryan K

by **Crunge98** on Wed Jan 12, 2011 9:06 pm

Ryan
i wonder if yours should have Northern lenses in it

by **Jim** on Thu Jan 13, 2011 11:08 am

Detroit_Galaxian wrote:Wow Jim - you've cornered the market in these things!

I am the guy that has the "Northern Electric" tagged roman-eaglelux. (I still owe the group photos of what I'm up to with it.)

What can you tell me about the original paint color of those 3 signal heads?

How did you strip the paint off of yours?

- Ryan K

Hi Ryan,
I used a combination of OTC paint stripers. I think Dads or Strip Eze worked best, and lotsa elbow grease. The fine areas were scraped with a seal remover(kinda like a crooked ice pick). Then a variety brass wire wheels on a drill and Dremel tool.
As fer the paint, It had multiple layers of brush coated heavy (oil base?) paint. IF I remember correctly, from the inside out was grey(primer?), black, green, and at least 2 colors of yeller.
They are gonna be both a pleasure and a PITA ta restore. I have some torn visors, chunks missin on 2 visors, and at least 7 large caliber bullet holes in the bodies and visors. The top mount boss is torn out of 2 of them, and one is missing the bottom body fin. Plans are ta rehab the best one while I find or fab parts ta do the other 2. The hardest part is gonna be finding/affording the glass reflectors.
I have some CH that will work till the correct ones come available.

Yeah, good luck with that one!

I should add that when we got back from vacation with these, my wife went in ta put coffee on while I started unloading the car. When she came out coffee in hand, she asked "where did that pile of crap" come from? She had no idea she jest rode 200 miles with these followin her! :shock:

Jim

by **ALB6254** on Thu Jan 13, 2011 6:35 pm

Simply beautiful! Good luck with them Jim.

by **Jim** on Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:18 pm

Ok, ya'll, help me out here; how many of these do we collectively have in the club? By my count there are 7 ?Jay/Steve, are yours 2 section or 3 section?
Jim

by **Crunge98** on Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:07 pm

I count 7 and there all different

Jim 3 harrington Seaburgs 3 section

Ryan 1 Northern Electric 3 section

Easy 1 Eagle 3 section cast visors

Jay 1 Eagle 3 section bolt on cast harrington style visors

Dee 1 Eagle 1 section

by **Jim** on Mon Jan 24, 2011 10:15 am

Jay/Dee, we need pics! :Wink2:

Doesnt Steve in Ca. have a 2 section?
Jim

by **Fred** on Sun Feb 06, 2011 9:07 am

by **IndianaSmith** on Sat May 14, 2011 10:16 pm

Hey Larry

Mine looks like it says 1933. Check out pic and see what you think. More pics can be viewed in this album.

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