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Hi Folks,
Here are some before and after pictures of an old service station air compressor I restored. It is around 55 to 60 years old. It belonged to a friend who used it until the motor went bad and decided to get a new compressor. It was poorly maintained and kept outside. My reason for restoring it was because it had a two stage pump and a nice big heavy walled tank. He said it was a two HP motor on it but that seems a bit small for this compressor. I replaced that with a NOS 7.5 HP three phase motor. I also added a built on converter so it could be run on three phase or single phase power. Other additions are a good large water seperator with regulator and an adapter I machined to put a small air filter on the intake. The pump and tank are the only old stuff left from the original compressor. I even tore down the pump and fixed the valves in it. My buddy koth, also a member here on this baord, needed to paint his project car that is in a build thread here on this board. I hauled this compressor over to his shop and told him to keep it as long as he needed it. I figured that was as good as any way to check out my work. I intend to sell it but I'll not advertise it until he is through with it or if he wants to buy it. He did report that it would pump up and shut of during constant use so I'm pretty happy with that.
Here is what I started with...
Here is what it looks like now. I still need to build a belt guard for it
Last edited by Darkside Dave on Wed Aug 17, 2011 6:48 pm; edited 3 times in total
