In your original post, you asked about restoring the wrap. The best you can hope for is cleaning it. No way you can get the color back in the faded areas. The material to re-wrap them would likely run $250-300.

Many times, the bearing edges on toms without bottom hoops get chewed up, which will make it tough to get them tuned. They can be carefully sanded or sent out for a re-cut. The chrome should clean up fairly well. Someone else might be able to help with the value.

This may be a possibility. Does the snare not really fit with the rest since it is a Powertone, or is this acceptable in vintage drum etiquette?

I figured that there was likely no way to bring the color back in to the wrap. This is a shame because, it really is a beautiful color scheme. With material being that expensive, it is probably better for me to sell the kit. I unfortunately don't have the space, time, or money to restore them the right way.

Thanks for your input.

That set is classic. I am sure the snare came with the kit. Personally I would not split it up. I would take the time to hunt down the right era parts on ebay, Clean it up, play it, enjoy it. It may cost a couple hundred bucks for the right parts, but with that 18" BD it would be money well spent for a rare-ish kit.

hi as this will be a posible fix in theory for faded drums as i was thinking on some of the color coatings in the trade i went to auto paint store the other and was trying to match a green for a custom jag e type im restoring and they have a dye in any color which is so translucent that it could work with single stage clear you add it to the clear and it would turn the lite ares even the more coats the darker it then would have to be rubbed out if the spray environment was dirty, i would try it on a sample area first and see ,good luck but this mite just work its just like putting a easter cellophane over something very little color change but it could be enough and the color is so thin, i have tried it for certain applications it works of course its theory for drum raps

just to say one more thing being the darker colors like the black wont be affected but the light colors would be

Double-dog ditto right here !!!

That shows how much I know about the set. I thought because the snare was a Powertone it did not go with the rest of the Holiday pieces.

I Found It Interesting How Low Most Of The Numbers Are On Your Tags Inside The Shells. The 18" Bass Is Rare Indeed. Even If You

Would Go To The Trouble Of Replacing The Wrap With New Red Onyx,

It Will Only Be Close To The Original Shade Of Red In The Wrap.

The Original Red Portion Of This Wrap Is A Dark Shade Of Red.

The Shade Is Really Maroon, If You Could See A True Sample.

I'd Just Do A Good Detailed Cosmetic

Restoration On This Set And Play What You Have Restored. They

Should Sound Just Fine. If You Decide To Re-wrap The Set, You Could

Go With Another Wrap Choice That Would Represent The Era Of This

Set. Possibly A Red, Gold Or Silver Sparkle. Most Of All, Just

Enjoy What You Have, Drums That Have Over 40 Years Of "seasoning" This Is What I Enjoy About Vintage Drums, The 3-ply

Shell Make-up And The Time They Have Had To Mellow Over Time.

For the record, I TOTALLY agree with the majority of the posts here that steer you towards keeping the kit. It was the indecision that prompted me to put the bug in your ear about snagging the snare if you decide to sell. Good luck with whatever direction you take it. Your snare is a better match for my Red Onyx kit than the one I currently own. That's my honest motivation.

Thanks to all for the input. You guys are really starting to sway me towards wanting to keep these and restore them. I spent some time on ebay and found that the additional parts I would need to be a lot cheaper than I was expecting. I might end up going this route after all. It seem like rims are going to be the most difficult/expensive item on my possible shopping list.