Thread: York Ely-Norris cannonball safe with pie timelock

Just wanted to share some pictures of my 'new' Ely-Norris cannonball safe. I have extaracted it from a banks vault in nothern Iowa. The name of the bank is on the safe. Everything is original and complete, all the timelock keys are there. Timelock functions great. Finish is very well preserved. However, from temperature/humidity fluctuations in the vault, the finish underlayer got loose, causing the paint to crack, 'breathe' and chip off easily. To remedy this problem I've sprayed several coats of Krylon triple-thick glaze. This helped a lot -- finish now stays put, but not sure for how long. Because the safe is so nicely preserved overall, I was thinking of not refinishing it. Instead I would like to patch up the areas where the finish is gone. Any pointers here? One guy told me that a color-matched epoxy might do the trick.

Also, any kind of info about this type of safe will be highly appreciated. Like an old catalog, maybe? What might be a value of such safe in the condition shown? The safe is ~45 inches high, weights ~3,000 lbs. I saw this timelock alone going for ~$1000 on eBay not long ago...

Thanks again.