Carnival Ride Restoration Update

An update on the status (and a bit of work) on our ongoing restoration of the King Amusement Company Supersonic Rocket Ride.
Follow the restoration here: • I Bought a Carnival Ri...
Also another really cool ride of the week looking for rescue and a quick repair project on the workbench.

[@PeteRondeau]

Follow the restoration here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rqrIm5dtgbd-g7M

[@jharinperrier9575]

Can u do pharaohs's fury swing Egyptian ride build

[@FarawayForge]

Well I just finished binge watching the whole series. You're my kind of crazy man, excellent vids. Thank you!

[@PeteRondeau]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked them!

[@Iamnot4Sure]

Just take your time and we will be patient till the day comes … thank you Pete God bless you and your family.

[@BigelowInventions]

Great work! It was super satisfying to see that old banjo light working again.

[@timfischer]

"I'm going to miss my deadline anyway... so now I'm going to restore this completely unrelated light fixture!" LOL love your videos Pete. Can't wait to see this all come together. Like you, I tend to do too many projects at once.

[@PeteRondeau]

Well to be fair, the light fixture work actually happened about 6 months ago before there even was a deadline, but I get what you're saying. LOL

[@paulbaines8983]

Slow and steady wins the race Pete, your videos are one of my most anticipated watches on KZbin 👍

[@deltajohnny]

We LOVE the build, and you can take as long as you need 👏👏👏

[@JEdwardBanasikJr]

As a kid I made the realization that a bunch of the rides at my local fair were made by the same company because they all had those same banjo lights on them. That started my journey of trying to find out who this Chance company was along with the other companies. If the internet of today had existed in the 80s. Fortunately the local bookstore began carrying Amusement Business magazine which answered many questions.

[@UncleLesterCam]

Good Stuff, Pete! Thanks for taking the time to share it.

[@indyviewproductions120]

...One month later... Hahaha!!! Wow, great score on the lights. Very cool bit of history!

[@MonteD1]

I go to Billings all the time. Let me know if you want a closer look at the ferris wheel. Thanks for the update. As long as it's done before the kids are too big for it, you're ok.

[@rebelcat420]

3. possible solutions for the lights. If you’ve tried them or find why they won’t work, no offense taken. 1: auto parts tires sell paint for repairing/tinting headlight lenses. 2: woodcraft stores sell a dye/tint called “Transtint”, which as the name implies, is a transparent/translucent tint, and you would mix it in a clear polyurethane or lacquer (it’s how they make the transparent colored guitar finishes that you can see the wood grain) 3: lighting “gel” sheets, which are thin plastic that can take the heat of the lamps and are again, transparent/translucent.

[@dananderson3077]

Greatr episode and so jealous on the banjo fixtures......score!

[@racerx1690]

An LED strip face down on the edge of a big circular thick piece of plexiglass would provide bright even lighting inside the red plastic.

[@simpsonsj]

No rush Pete. Take your time. We appreciate your videos. Like I always say: More build-up vids please!!😊

[@bryanoates9393]

I like the splotchy red that came through on the banjo light cover, it would look really good in an evil carnival themed haunted attraction like that.

[@jdinnis]

For painting the inside of plastic like that, look for RC car body paint, it is specifically designed for this application and you can get it in small quantities.

[@ducatimikep]

I enjoy the hard drive dump style videos. Lots of good behind the scene footage. Thank you!

[@dennisholtby2140]

Love your videos. Always glad to see new ones.

[@PeteRondeau]

Thank you!

[@nicely602]

Just stumbled on your page and glad I did. This is a great site for seeing how rides are assembled and love how you are restoring some vintage rides as well! Shame Dutch Wonderland retired the shuttle. That was my daughter's first 'big' ride and we were sad to see it not there the last time we went. Thanks for preserving some of its history!

[@Tasarran]

There's got to be other people who are collectors/enthusiasts who own or have restored rides... You should form a club and get together to have your own carnivals. You have a huge yard; you could do a decent small fair one weekend and put your rides to work for the neighbor kids!

[@scott192]

I live in Alberta and have rode the one you speak of at heritage park very cool place

[@lotsatrains]

Don’t Rush it Pete you’ve done such a great job so far on it just keep going and it will all come together when it’s ready 👍 I love the banjo light too it’s awesome 👏

[@PeteRondeau]

Thanks for that

[@anthonyhitchings615]

Great video I like the band joe lights

[@ytzpilot]

You are heading into winter anyway so no rush, give it a spring debut

[@marykrueger6039]

Very interesting video as always. I'm sure the wait will well worth it. Can't wait to see the finished work. Keep them coming

[@russellrattys6581]

I commented a while ago, mentioning that i wanted a ride to restore, well, i have an update I am now, officially a registered travelling showman, i have showmans insurance, i have been to events with inflatables and hired my friends rides to take to events, and next week im buying a juvenile carousel, which hasnt seen any action since 2006, its been sat in a junk yard for years, and im taking it to my yard to restore it I dont think its an antique ride, it probably dates back to the 80s/90s, but it's still a restoration project for me

[@timothyhughes6814]

Nice video Pete! I know the feeling all too well about how you want and think you will be further along on projects but you can only do what you can do. Sorry to hear the party got scaled back. Sounded like a lot of fun. But now you have some more time to finish things up the way you want to without all the pressure of a deadline.

[@reddcube]

Wago connectors are your friend when it comes to short wires.

[@johncolasanto605]

Awesome work Pete...just a thought..Hobby shops & I believe Amazon sells special spray paint for plastic RC cars & truck bodies..I wonder if that would work on that light project you were working on..If you ever decide to repaint that lens...keep up the great work..

[@farmingfromscratch]

Great stuff.

[@elcheapo5302]

I was wondering where you've been, Pete. If you weren't so far away, I'd offer to help you get that ride done!

[@Joseph-zu5iz]

Love your videos Pete

[@PeteRondeau]

Thanks 👍

[@Sylvite.]

If you haven’t got colors down already, I was thinking that red yellow and green could be a color scheme to choose from

[@jan-dr1xl]

lee 104 or 026 lighting gel might give better results than paint, or rosco 120 if you want it diffused

[@freednighthawk]

Why not strip the lens back, and use LED strips inside? Then you can change it to any color you want. and you eliminate the hot spotting.

[@PeteRondeau]

Good idea, I never think about stuff like that because my mind is always on putting things back to original. The idea of swapping it out for something more modern that may work better sometimes just never occurs to me.

[@Chase_Mon3y]

go back to the old bulbs now