Frame
I was really worried about dissassembly, but it turned out eaiser than anticipated and I got lucky too.
Lid Clean up
I was able to cean all the liquid nails off the underside of the lid by hand with a chisel.
Left flush Standars
Looking at the front the left side was flush aginst the freezer with no external fasteners. I had screwed the standard into the collar and had no idea how I was be able to get this detached. I built the collar with a butt-end joint (no need to be fancy since I was coveing it anyway). It just so happens that the screws went in the seam of the joint. Bad construction, but it allowed me to knock the back of the collar off, and get leverage to pull the other peices off without dammaging any of the frame or exterior. Lucky...
New Freezer
The 15% dent/scratch
The day of delivery they call me and apologize that they notice a dent in he unit. They can have a new one delivered in a week, or I can take it as is and they'll knock 15% off. Lets see... I'm covering the whole things up so no part of the unit can be seen. Oh darned!
Hindges
The new unit's hindges are MUCH eaiser to work with. A little nail through a slot in the closed position and I can keep the hindge locked open. No need for dissassembly this time.
Cart
The new unit is slightly smaller in all dimmensions (and quite a bit lighter too!)
Booster Seat
This is neccessary to boost the height of the new freezer to the height of the frame. I could of made the collar bigger, but I didn't want to intorduce a lot of wasted head space that would need to be ketp cool.
Fit Smoke Test
Lid edge
Everything seems to fit nicely.
Back in business
I started on a Friday afternoon with the rebuild (having disassebled weeks prior) and was pulling a pint mid-afternoon Sunday. Woot!