Cool Vintage United Delco Parts Cabinet

[DrewDay]

Hey guys, i just picked this up at an estate sale the other day for a steal. It seems to be a united delco cabinet. I love the curved edges of it. I can see that someone painted over the original decals on the doors and was thinking about masking them off and using a paint stripper to reveal the decals. Does anyone else have one of these?

Anyways, heres some pics

 

[Vettman]

That's really nice! Flea bay has a bucnch of decals that may work for you.
http://cgi.ebay.com/AC-DELCO-Decal-...099?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa4aa50ab

 

[ErickForest]

My dad had a cabinet similar to that. I really liked the curved corners and the round door handles. I have been looking for one for years, but have never come across one. The one he had got damaged and he threw it away.

 

[e-tek]

Remember the guy doing decals here? Or you could just find the logo and have it made anywhere.

 

[JC23]

The stripper will likely destroy the decals. Wathc out!

Nice grab!

 

[Bull]

That thing is sweeett!

 

[nbrfd007]

Might try a small test spot with Easy-Off oven cleaner. Sign painter told me this trick. If it is spray can paint it is soft.

 

[bazzateer]

Much better to preserve the original decals if you can. Brand new looking resto's always look 'wrong' to me. To me, something old should have some patina.

 

[Rickster55]

I've got just the tool box for you!

 

[aqr81]

Nice find. Proceed with caution on the stripping...

 

[DrewDay]

Thanks for the compliments guys, Im gonna try to pick up some easy off cleaner today and ill give it a go. I definitely agree with leaving it original so those AC Delco Decals on ebay that were posted would just throw off the look. What i can see under the paint is the decal thats on that toolbox. Looks almost exact. Anyways ill post up and let you guys know if it works.

 

[csp]

I can see Easy off removing any coloring/lettering on the decal. Personally I'd go with auto polish or even a clay bar. Start with the least aggresive thing possible.

 

[56nash]

I had that same cabinet a few years back, My father in law and his father in law ran a couple of garages back into the 50's and into the 70's and still had a bunch of the stuff left from two of them that they closed. I wound up selling the one just like yours for $100 at a swap meet, and a Sun Engine analyzer for about $500. I still can't get him to let go of the distributor machine though, I actually want that one for myself, no selling that one. I guess I have to wait till grandpa passes then it can come to my house. My father in law says neither of them will ever use it, but Grandpa won't let go.

 

[zeeke]

Heres one of my AC Delco cabinets. Seems I alway find just the top cabinets and never the bottoms! I stripped it down to metal and repainted it. The original lettering was silked screen on those cabinets. I recreated the graphics in Adobe Ilustrator and had the local sign guy output them to vinyl. I might be able to help you out with the graphics. PM if your interested.

 

[GreenGooey]

Here's what I got.

As you can see it's all original (with custom spray paint splatter).

 

[strnge]

Here is mine along my wall. I wanted the one you have, but have not found one yet.