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Finally got around to disassembling the tower for cleaning and prep for painting. This is the paint that I found underneath the two bottom cross beams.

Well I thought I’d post up some pictures of the handle and how it’s cleaning up. It’s pretty rusty. Not sure I’m going to be able to get the black rust spots out. Plan is to clean it up best I can and spray it with clear

I didn’t clear the badge. I don’t think I’m finished with it yet. There are a few scratches that are not going to come out, but I think I can get a few more out. It just became tedious so I shifted to working on the handle This is the red that seemed to match up best with what was under the...

Latest update. Put a lot of time and elbow grease in to Porto-Power metal plaque. It had a lot of grunge on it. I started with soap and water and a sponge. Around the lettering I used a eraser. Eventually moved onto a rubbing compound. The metal is stainless, painted over in black and red...

Thanks. The paint that’s left on mine in spots looks like what is on your upright bars. I wonder what kind of paint they were using back in the day

Painted Porto-Power on top of press tower. Does anyone have a press tower with the painted name in better shape than this? I’m trying to document it so it can be repainted afterwards. When I spray it with glass cleaner the lettering stands out better than looking at it dry The lettering...

Thought I would share pictures of a Blackhawk Porto Power press cabinet that I got from my dad when his Chrysler Plymouth dealership closed in 92. I don’t know for sure but I believe it came with the Chrysler Desoto dealership he bought in 1954. From 92 till 2018 or so it stayed at my father...

We used to have one of these in my dads shop. He moved in, in 64 and i think it had been there a while. I also came across one in upstate NY a few years back

Got my dads old press cabinet all uncovered and sorted out. Thought I would show it off before I clean it up and paint it. It came with 2 large pumps and rams. Ive gotten one pair of pump and rams rebuilt so far