Tropic 53-960 restoration
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https://imgur.com/7KXyyVG
Never used this site so I hope the picture comes through.
Mike.
Here is a pic of my 53-960 I restored last year.
This is what it looked like underneath before I started on it.
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RE: Tropic 53-960 restoration - by KCMike - 05-26-2018, 08:01 PM
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Mike;
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