Posted by NCWayne on November 06, 2011 at 20:35:11 from (69.40.232.132):
Hey guys, I recently bought a Kwik Mix Dandie 11-S mixer that I'm going to try to get back into operating condition. So you'll know, it's a 11 cubic foot portable concrete mixer powered by a VE4 Wiscon power unit. Based on the engine serial number, this old thing dates from 1954, and believe it or not after setting for YEARS out in the woods it's still in pretty good shape beyond an all over rusty appearance, and a few frozen shafts, etc. The worst part of the thing is the sheet metal on the engine has rusted out in the horizontal areas due to rats nests and the accompining acids in the rodent 'fluids' deposited on them over the years, etc that. Funny thing though is while taking the sheet metal off I didn't have to cut but two of the screws holding everything together, all the rest screwed out after I cleaned out the slot so the screwdriver could get a good bite. Suprisingly even though it looked really rough on the outside, and was locked up, the rest of the engine is in pretty good shape. I just finished tearing it down this evening and once I can get the two stuck pistons out (they are soaking as I type) I should be well on the way least getting it back up and running, as money and time allow..... The way I see it a running power unit with a Rockford clutch on the back ought to be worth a little bit even if I can't get the rest of it operational so it's worth it to go ahead and do the engine over the winter and then tackle the rest of during the summer months, when time permits, as it's too big for me to get in my shop and still work around.
Anyway, I've researched this thing til I'm blue in the face and so far have found only three refferences to one like it. One was sold at an estate auction and had a pic but it was in the same condtion mine is....rusty.... I also found refferences to them in the archives of the HCEA, as well as the Smithstonian Institute in DC. Problem is I can't find any color pics of the thing to know what color to paint it. My hopes are to restore it to operating condition so I can use it and make it look like it did when it was built. I live close to Denton and thought it would be a neat thing to take out there to the show sometime as no one I've taked to has ever even seen one.
So, my question to all of ya'll is this. Does anyone out there have any literature with a color pic of one of these or even one of it's larger or smaller siblings??? I know I've seen a smattering of yellow on both the engine as well as the gear ring on the drum, along with a bit of what looks like Koering orange under some crud but that's it. I know at the time Kwik Mix was owned by Koering so the orange paint is no suprise. My problem is the bits of paint I have found are in places that don't really lend themselves to knowing whether just that one area is that color or wether that color should cover the whole side, etc, etc. Long question short, does anybody have anything showing the paint scheme that was origionally on this thing????
Like I said in the title, any help on finding a color pic, or figuring out what colors it should be some other way would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Wayne
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