Vintage Simmons Drums (UK) Users Group

Hi there , here is my kit - which i am now keeping 

http://www.geocities.com/troffmeister2000/

if you want to chat , get in touch 

regards 

Roger :-)





--- In Simmons_Drums@yahoogroups.com, "ken_evans_99" <tycho33@...> 
wrote:
>
> Hi,
>  I'm a new member in Australia. I bought myself a fairly beaten up 
> red SDS9 kit recently, just the pads, stands and leads, not the 
> brain. I'm hoping to marry the kit up with an SDS-8 brain sometime.
> 
> I was hoping for some info on how best to set about restoring this 
> lovely kit.....
> 
> The pad playing surfaces are in excellent condition, but the edges 
of 
> the pads have faded a bit to a dark blue-ish colour.
> 
> The shells have some scratches and scuffing.
> 
> I'll have to re-chrome the kick legs (that's the easy bit).
> 
> One of the locking nuts on the kick is missing, I think it's broken 
> off inside, and the screws on the edges of the pad are rusty.
> 
> The stands are original Simmons stands, black. There is some rust, 
> especially on the rivets and the cylinder shaped locking nuts and 
> levers. One stand has a broken clamp (ie the clamp that slides up 
and 
> down the lower part of the stand that holds the legs in position 
when 
> the legs are spread out).
> 
> A couple of the little slip on collar clamps that snug into the 
sides 
> of the pads to help stop them rotating around the stand arm are 
> either broken or missing.
> 
> Any suggestions and restoration tips etc would be hugely 
appreciated. 
> I want to restore this beautiful kit as best I can without damaging 
> it further!
> 
> Cheers,
> Ken.
>