Chez7222
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So I pick respond to this Craigslist ad for an Aqualung rig from a seller in Middleburg FL. He was selling a rig his mother bought for him when he was a kid and was clearing his garage at the behest of his wife. I got over to his house after work a few months ago and was surprised to find a whole rig with restoration potential; i took it home for $70. Thanks to the availability of parts at VDH and the help from my best bud from my Marine Corps days Robert Kincaid out in Cali, I was able to get this rig looking and breathing as well as it probably did back in the day.
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...71BB50BC-558-00000043FD10F4EC_zpsb5b55d9b.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...10C991CC-558-00000043FEA9FD14_zpscfaeb442.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...E9323C64-558-00000043FDBBEAF6_zps6484fdde.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...2A7E7EC2-558-00000043B13438B7_zps81a314ac.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...F5AD64F3-558-00000043A846FB28_zps3afde144.jpg
I took the tank to my LDS and after removing the valve he was surprised to find the interior white coating cherry. The tank was full at purchase and the seller said it was last filled in 1991. The tank hydro'd fine and the J-valve was serviced now I'm wondering if I should paint the tank?
Chez7222
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...71BB50BC-558-00000043FD10F4EC_zpsb5b55d9b.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...10C991CC-558-00000043FEA9FD14_zpscfaeb442.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...E9323C64-558-00000043FDBBEAF6_zps6484fdde.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...2A7E7EC2-558-00000043B13438B7_zps81a314ac.jpg
http://i1288.photobucket.com/albums...F5AD64F3-558-00000043A846FB28_zps3afde144.jpg
I took the tank to my LDS and after removing the valve he was surprised to find the interior white coating cherry. The tank was full at purchase and the seller said it was last filled in 1991. The tank hydro'd fine and the J-valve was serviced now I'm wondering if I should paint the tank?
Chez7222