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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:02 am |
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Ron May Guest 
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Some of you may remember this fan from last years Fan Fair. I had assembled it the night before we packed up for St.Louis and found out that it ran hot. I decided to show the fan anyway and several people wanted to buy it that weekend, but I wasn't going to sell a lemon, or be responsible for a house fire!! I brought it home and it's been a shelf queen ever since. A few people recently asked if I still had it and if it was running yet so I decided to block an entire day off from my customer fans and show this Seagull some love with a fresh rewind. Glad I did it, she runs so nice now I wish I had done it months ago. Here's a few pics: Attached Image (viewed 1953 times):
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:03 am |
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Ron May Guest
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:04 am |
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Ron May Guest
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:05 am |
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Ron May Guest
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Todd Mann supplied the decal. A perfect reproduction as always! Attached Image (viewed 1497 times):
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:06 am |
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Ron May Guest
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:07 am |
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Ron May Guest
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:08 am |
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Ron May Guest
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Here's the best pic... it's running again! Attached Image (viewed 1517 times):
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:10 am |
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Ron May Guest
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Fresh stator being installed. For those that are interested, I'll make a new thread showing the rewinding process from start to finish. Attached Image (viewed 1518 times):
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:15 am |
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Ron May Guest
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I am going to sell this one, but in fairness to those who really wanted it, I'm going to hold off on listing it. If we talked about it at FanFair, PM me and we'll make a deal. Attached Image (viewed 1506 times):
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:21 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:22 am |
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Russ Huber AFCA Member
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 12:40 am |
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Chris Smith AFCA Member 
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I was at Ron's house on Sunday and he showed me this fan and it is immaculate. The paint job is flawless and the attention to detail is Marine like. Very cool fan, and a very well done professional restoration. You won't find a nicer one.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 01:38 am |
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George Durbin AFCA Member 
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Prettiest Seagull i ever did see!! a beauty!!! Long live bling!!!! I need to put my sunglasses on here!  geo...
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 01:41 am |
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Tom Dreesen AFCA Member 
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Very nice. No knock on your restoration which is immaculate, but as a design exercise, the non-oscillator has a much nicer Deco presence.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 02:50 am |
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Josh Backens AFCA Member 
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Excellent!! Absolutely beautiful Ron!!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 12th, 2014 09:51 pm |
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Karole Moe Guest 
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Gorgeous, just spectacular Ron!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2014 12:15 am |
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Ron May Guest
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Thanks to all for the kind remarks. A lot of time, effort, and money goes into these restorations and I really enjoy sharing the end results with you all. The fan is no longer available, it's going to a good home for sure! Ron
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2014 03:15 pm |
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John McComas AFCA Member 
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Ron, That is undoubtedly the absolute best Seagull fan I have ever seen!  Beautiful job!  Who says you can't put a $1000 restoration on a $50 fan?  Let me know when you want to restore mine for $50.  Really looks good!
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| Posted: Thu Mar 13th, 2014 11:40 pm |
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John Rothrock Guest 
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I remember that fan well from FanFair, it was a head turner for sure. Santana was in love with that fan and it pained me to keep my wallet in my pocket, but right now there are more important things for us(new house). Maybe you will have something interesting for fan fair this year. Glad the rewind worked out for you, I am learning those same ropes right now and I have had some successes and failures. Man those successes feel good--that one looks like a home run
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 08:30 pm |
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Cory Baughn AFCA Member 
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Ron what color is that on the blades? I have a fan that I am wanting to do something similar to and I would like to know where I might need to start looking. I won't be using HVLP, but at least I will have a color code or something to start with. :)
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 08:58 pm |
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Ron May Guest
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Wow Cory, this post is a blast from the past!Something I learned from an old timer back when I first started doing custom paint was to just buy one or two shades of silver. So I buy the brightest one and I can tint it darker if needed.My go to silver for the last 25 years has been PPG. It's DBU 4443, bright silver quartz metallic. This is a base coat paint, but it can be bought in a single stage as well.On the Seagull, I'm pretty sure I tinted it down a little with black so I can't give you an exact color but this should get you really close.Good luck with it, hope this helped. Attached Image (viewed 1146 times):
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 09:48 pm |
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Stephen Chew AFCA Member 
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What tremendous restoration. Last edited on Tue Mar 24th, 2015 09:48 pm by Stephen Chew |
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 10:33 pm |
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Tom Newcity AFCA Member 
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Thank you for sharing Ron. That restoration is absolutely beautiful. Nice work.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 10:42 pm |
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Ron May Guest
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Thanks guys. I sold this fan about a year ago, it's one of many that I wish I would have kept. I just saw a few glimpses of it in the last fan collector magazine, looks like she's living the good life down in Florida! I have the stationary model. Maybe this old post resurfacing is a sign that I should restore that one too!
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 11:02 pm |
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Jeff Whitfield AFCA Member 
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Sounds like a lights-out restoration waiting in the wings ... Keep us posted. The other fan was mighty fine.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 11:22 pm |
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Steve Stephens AFCA Member 
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Totally beautiful Ron. I know I don't usually admit to liking customs, hot rods, etc. in fans and I don't usually but, sometimes, a fan is done in a tasteful color or combination looking better looking than it was in its original state. So it looks to me with your fan. Nice job.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 11:41 pm |
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Don Church AFCA Member
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Hi Ron, Another beauty. Who says seagulls ain't pretty. Long live the seagull. Don C.
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| Posted: Tue Mar 24th, 2015 11:46 pm |
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Steven Gilmore Guest 
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Sorry I just got to this post just now. Wow Ron wow. Jaw dropping beautiful in color choice and how you handled every aspect. I can't help but going back and looking at the fan over and over.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 12:07 am |
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Martin Carena-Santiago Guest 
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I am speechless...A WORK OF ART!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:32 am |
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Josh Backens AFCA Member
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Ron, you're getting the Seaguls down to perfection!!! Great work my friend!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:50 am |
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Cory Baughn AFCA Member
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Double post. Last edited on Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:51 am by Cory Baughn |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:50 am |
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Cory Baughn AFCA Member
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Yeah, that Seagull is amazing. I have been in love with the oscillating model ever since I found this post a few months back and I have been meaning to post about the color silver that is. I prefer the oscillator to the stationary because of that awesome brass wheel back there. I would love to see your stationary done up though, maybe even in the same color combo! Be so cool to have them side by side. The oscillators are almost impossible to find it seems too. I'd like to get you to do a fan paint job for me one day just so I could have one in my house by Ron May. Maybe even Josh and Tim too..... Hahaha. Last edited on Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:51 am by Cory Baughn |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 01:57 am |
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Dean Steinhaus AFCA Member 
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Ron! give me a shot at the next one!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 02:23 am |
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Lamar Bass Guest 
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Great job Ron!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 02:36 am |
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Mike Schneider AFCA Member 
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Awesome! You mention rewinding, do you have that thread handy? I couldn't seem to find it. Yep, I have a Seagull that needs it.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 02:51 am |
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Ron May Guest
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Here you go Mike. Let me know if you need help. http://www.afcaforum.com/forum1/31849.html
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 04:15 am |
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Tom Morel AFCA Member 
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The workmanship looks perfect Ron. I'm not usually one for bling, but it looks great.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 09:46 am |
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Cory Baughn AFCA Member
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I'm so glad I brought this thread back up since a lot of guys never saw this masterpiece of a fan. It really is amazing what you can do to a regular humdrum fan Ron. You have a gift, like so many members here do. Last edited on Wed Mar 25th, 2015 09:47 am by Cory Baughn |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 04:31 pm |
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Fred Berry Guest 
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Beautiful fan!! I LOVE that streamlined airplane on the top!!!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 25th, 2015 08:42 pm |
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Tony Clayton AFCA Member 
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Simply Gorgeous Ron! WOW
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| Posted: Thu Mar 26th, 2015 03:52 am |
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Rob Byledbal AFCA Member 
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I never really gave the Seagull's much thought. But this one certainly has reached out and made me take notice. What a beautiful fan. You have opened my eyes to these beautiful fans Ron.
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| Posted: Fri Mar 27th, 2015 10:40 am |
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Rick Huckabee AFCA Member 
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Seeing that fan at St. Louis really made me love it, I have one too, someday I hope to make it beautiful like yours.
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