Went for a cruise and found a Sheraton

[Sled Dog]

I took my "barn find" car out for its first real cruise (65 miles) and stopped in an antique store I have never been to before.


Found a few treasures including a E model Injector, fat handle Tech, Auto Strop case full of old DE blades (no razor), a cool ink well and this crusty Sheraton...






As you can see most of the gold plating is long gone and its a bit dirty, but the teeth are mostly straight and the doors open and close nicely.
Cleaned it up and gave it a polish with Peek and a microfiber cloth, it is now an odd multi tone Sheraton, but it will make a nice user grade razor for sure






















I happen to have an empty Sheraton case, I knew it would come in handy one day

 

[taco8slo]

What a fun day, the Sheraton looks real nice too, congratulations.

 

[rxonmymind]

Excellent job on the clean up! Congrats.

 

[elmerwood]

Looks better than the Sheraton I have with some SS doors on it! Nice clean up job.

 

[blzrfn]

Both of my Sheratons have shot plating as well, it seems pretty characteristic for these old jewels. That doesn't stop them from shaving well though, just a bit more maintenance required to keep corrosion at bay.

 

[Gary H]

Congrats on that fine razor. I bet it feels great to have an empty box and then be able to find the razor to fill it.

 

[alex2363]

Love it, thanks for the sweet story, and of course pics. By the way, is that first pic of the actual car drive? It looks very nice, kind of a Norman Rockwell look.


We loves the pics at B&B

 

[f86sabjf]

Nice find

 

[demaro]

Great razor and excellent clean up job !!

 

[AtomicPunk421]

Excellent find and restoration! The two-tone copper and brass finish looks beautiful and brand new! Great job!

 

[Sir Lurkalot]

Way to go on the rescue!

 

[Sled Dog]

Love it, thanks for the sweet story, and of course pics. By the way, is that first pic of the actual car drive? It looks very nice, kind of a Norman Rockwell look.

Yep, that was the actual car drive.
Here is my "barn find" parked at the antique store...


and sitting in front of my house...


Thx
Kevin

 

[chuckman]

Nice story....great find.

 

[rxonmymind]

As Alex alluded to that pic ha almost a dream quality to it. Awesome pic.

 

[bosenberg]

I love old Benz's. Enjoy that one!

 

[ironfist]

Wow fantastic score/cleanup/car

 

[mikey]

That, sir, is one sweet ride. It looks like it just rolled off the showroom floor and into a time machine.

What year/model is it?

Thanks,
Mike

 

[cernel_joson]

Forget the razors (though the Sheraton is a good one). I want to hear all about the car.

 

[blzrfn]

I was going to say great find on the Benz if its diesel, but then I noticed your speedometer indicated 65mph and unless you were driving it like you stole it its a gasser.

I would love to find an old turbo-diesel to take on road trips but these darn kids keep spending all the me-funds.

 

[Crag]

Wow...I wish I had Antiques stores like that near me! Mine are usually all full of old Rocking chairs, and tons of brushes / combs, although I did find a very nice stash of Personna 74 blades about a year ago in one up in Redlands!

Congrats on the super nice Score(s)!