10 June 2016

I am getting ready to paint my Ely Norris. I've decided to go with black instead of the Mazda Sol Red or Lexus Infra Red. I have asked for a little guidance here and got no comments about whether to paint the inside. My safe has never been painted inside. Any thoughts? I had the shelf powdered coated a cream color and the interior door is engined turned and in pretty good shape so I am just leaving it that way.

I am 61 so I will not have the safe but 20 or 30 years at best. Should I just leave the interior in the bare metal like it has been for the last 80 or 90 years?

By the way, does anyone know how to date an ElyNorris Cannonball? I have the serial number of the safe and three serial numbers on the timelock are in sequence so I assume it is original.

TexasChilli