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I've seen a lot of great restorations on this forum. I'm certainly not in the league of the "masters" of this hobby but I think my first attempt at restoring my ECO air meter came out pretty good.

A friend gave me this meter. I bead blasted the cover, buffed the chrome face pieces and bought a new glass and face plate. The cover was re-painted in the original white by my body man and turned out pretty good. I buffed the chrome pieces myself and they turned out so nice that I was able to use them in the restoration.

I believe this to be a Canadian meter as the original damaged face plate has the names of 4 Canadian cities on it and the chrome pieces are attached with exterior screws - something not seen on US meters - but quite common on Canadian meters. In speaking with several other Canadian collectors, they have confirmed that they have seen many such models here in the Great White North.

It works fine with no modifications made to the interior components other than a good cleaning. It's mounted in my garage, hooked up to a compressor and will be used to inflate tires, and other inflatable items.

Nice job! Wish I had one to restore.

Looks nice, good to see a white one amongst all the reds you see

All of a sudden, I have a new appreciation for the wall mounts!Looks great! Love the white!

Looks great there Bernie. I also like the white

A view of my small display in my garage. Note fire related items on the left.

I saw a very clean one sell at Dixie last week for $250. The guy had just pulled in and everyone swarmed him like bees, I didn't have a chance to get it.

Bernie, looks great, you did a fine job. Thanks for taking the time to post before and after pics.

...swarmed him like bees at Dixie, huh?...don't tell BBQ Chicken...

Looks good, must be a strong wall. Those things are heavy.

I made sure I hit a 2x4.

Here's the ID tag. Note the Canadian city names that match those on the original face plate. And also that this is a model 98.

Somewhere along the way, the pedestal was replaced by a wall mount. But that was a while ago as the weathered paint on the wall mount matches the rest of the meter. There were 3 coats of paint on the exterior of the meter: white then grey then white again. The interior only had a coat of white. The wall mount was initially red then white.

Looks great Bernie...I have a line on one as well hopefully I will get it, and will have the joy of going through the restoration process.