Alpine Ice Chest

[BEpine]

My son, which is performing the body work and paint on our alpine, painted an ice chest to match the colors we chose for our car.
Pepper Dust for the body, Black Magic for the hardtop.

 

[volvoguys]

Cleaver idea.

Would love to see the body in paint.

 

[canuck pride]

That looks awesome.

 

[Toyanvil]

Thank you for the great idea. Mine was easy, I bought a white Coors cooler and scraped off the decal and added edge molding.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Thank you for the great idea. Mine was easy, I bought a white Coors cooler and scraped off the decal and added edge molding.

Looks nice…and I have a white Alpine…hmmmm
What edge molding are you referencing?
I’m looking at the Coors cooler on the web and can’t pick it out.
Only asking because this and the original post has put me into planning mode.

 

[puff4]

Tod, the edge molding appears to be the rubber bit along the bottom edge. These coolers tend to get a bit banged up on the bottom edges since it's just steel all the way down. As it happens, I have one of these original Coca-Cola coolers... when I was a kid we used it on our annual trips to Tennessee to visit family. Still in pretty good shape, but with a few rusty bits in places.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Tod, the edge molding appears to be the robber bit along the bottom edge. These coolers tend to get a bit banged up on the bottom edges since it's just steel all the way down. As it happens, I have one of these original Coca-Cola coolers... when I was a kid we used it as a family on our annual trips to Tennessee to visit family. Still in pretty good shape, but with a few rusty bits in places.

Yeah I can see that now. I thought the new cooler on the website had that bottom trim but it turns out it was a shadow.
On another note, if you ever get down to Tennessee, let me know I’d like to meet up!

 

[puff4]

On another note, if you ever get down to Tennessee, let me know I’d like to meet up!

Absolutely. Thanks! Yes, our family goes way back in TN... indeed, there's even an McLemoresville, TN... and one of the oldest streets in Memphis is McLemore Ave, named for one of my gggg uncles, John C. McLemore, one of the four founders of Memphis. I still have family there, near Jackson.

 

[Toyanvil]

This is the one I found, I got mine on ebay. The decal comes right off. https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Vinta...t=&hvlocphy=9031717&hvtargid=pla-546406893567

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

This is the one I found, I got mine on ebay. The decal comes right off. https://www.amazon.com/Cooler-Vinta...t=&hvlocphy=9031717&hvtargid=pla-546406893567

Ordered it about an hour ago
They had a ‘used’ one in Very Good condition, just damaged packaging.
At $51 it was $20+ less than new, so I took a chance. It’s Amazon, so if it’s not acceptable I can return it.
I was able to find it because of your ‘Coors’ description, so thanks for that.
What did you use for your trim?

It looks great.

 

[Toyanvil]

I used the same edge trim I have on my Alpine around the doors. Some call it "edge molding or snap on molding. I pick it up at my local auto upholstery supply.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Thank you for the great idea. Mine was easy, I bought a white Coors cooler and scraped off the decal and added edge molding.

Hey...got my cooler in and it's this weekend's mini-project...gonna be too cold here to be comfortably out in the garage.
Did you just use a plastic scraper to remove the decal? Chemicals? I'd rather not find out the hard way that "I shouldn't have done that" and have to repaint. Lol
Have a great weekend.

Tod

 

[hartmandm]

Another tempting project to add to the list ... For attaching the Alpine script, did you remove the pins?

Mike

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Another tempting project to add to the list ... For attaching the Alpine script, did you remove the pins?

Mike

I know you were talking to the other guys, as I am in process, but when I did a similar project with a vintage style, hip roof toolbox, I removed the pins…actually one was already broken off…and glued.

 

[hartmandm]

I have Alpine scripts with some pins missing/broken, so this could be a great use for one of those.

 

[Toyanvil]

Yes I used a plastic scraper and it came right off, it looks like a water decal to me like the one you put on models. I drilled holes and used the pins and clips for the Alpine script.

 

[Toyanvil]

Another tempting project to add to the list ... For attaching the Alpine script, did you remove the pins?

Mike

I was thinking about looking for my old Alpine scripts that the chrome is old and powder coating them gloss black and install them on my stainless steel toolboxes.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Finally got a chance to work on my cooler...thanks for the inspiration/idea guys!

extra thanks to Steve, @sunalp for the badge

 

[Toyanvil]

Looks great.

 

[Silver Creek Sunbeam]

Looks great.

Thanks!