I got this back in November when when there was 2 on ebay at the same time. Coming up to Christmas I barely had the time to work on it nevermind do a shop log. I'm about half way through so far so this is a little run down. I should hopefully be able to update as I go now but things will be slow.
Naturally I went for the worse one. I put my max bid in and tbh I thought it would go over given the current market, it didnt (Lucky me)
It was only near Bradford so went to collect it myself. It was on the drive ready to go when I arrived and I probably should've walked away. I got it home and after a few strong drinks I decided not to throw it on the bonfire.
Its a little bit more than I wanted to do. And limited on time and space being moved into the garden room, I had to do what I could to get it to a reasonable standard so the garden room didn't turn into a full blown workshop (Which I wouldn't mind but the misses would). I'm still learning and I would've liked to have made it a bit nicer but didn't want it to become a money pit! If I don't have to fork out on any major parts like boards etc I'll replace a few things. Open to advice/criticism.
YOLO
A few photos from the listing
Better pictures of the condition of the playfield when I got it home. Playfield and plastics in generally good condition, little planking on the left hand side and some slight bubbling on the inserts. And obviously in need of ALOT of cleaning. Translite and cab decals in pretty good condition too apart from a gouge on the front. Ideally would've replaced these give time and space.
Stripped out the boards and removed the playfield, the mildew seemed to get worse
I started with the back box, Completely stripped it, thoroughly cleaned it, resprayed it and replace the T-moulding
My new best mate for this project, Evaporust. I could not believe my eyes!
Next up, the speaker panel. My god this was bad. Still cannot find the chrome trims for them. If I ever need to do this again I definitely wont do it myself, it needs to be powder coated. But looks 10x better than it did.
The outside was pretty easy to get stripped back and smooth but the inside was really bad so removed most rust and just primed and sprayed it.
Slowly started to work on the cab. The bottom was bowed and ideally would've liked to replace but no time and space I glued and clamped it then resprayed the inside. Again my spraying isn't the best but once dried and most things fitted back it doesn't look too bad. I also resprayed the legs but even though its a nice smooth finish, they just mark easily.
Got to work on the harness giving it a good clean and replacing the 2 failed connections where they soldered directly on to the interconnect board. I haven't replaced the transformer side of the GI input as iver ordered the wrong part and waiting till something else crops up before placing more orders.
Naturally I went for the worse one. I put my max bid in and tbh I thought it would go over given the current market, it didnt (Lucky me)
It was only near Bradford so went to collect it myself. It was on the drive ready to go when I arrived and I probably should've walked away. I got it home and after a few strong drinks I decided not to throw it on the bonfire.
Its a little bit more than I wanted to do. And limited on time and space being moved into the garden room, I had to do what I could to get it to a reasonable standard so the garden room didn't turn into a full blown workshop (Which I wouldn't mind but the misses would). I'm still learning and I would've liked to have made it a bit nicer but didn't want it to become a money pit! If I don't have to fork out on any major parts like boards etc I'll replace a few things. Open to advice/criticism.
YOLO
A few photos from the listing
Better pictures of the condition of the playfield when I got it home. Playfield and plastics in generally good condition, little planking on the left hand side and some slight bubbling on the inserts. And obviously in need of ALOT of cleaning. Translite and cab decals in pretty good condition too apart from a gouge on the front. Ideally would've replaced these give time and space.
Stripped out the boards and removed the playfield, the mildew seemed to get worse
I started with the back box, Completely stripped it, thoroughly cleaned it, resprayed it and replace the T-moulding
My new best mate for this project, Evaporust. I could not believe my eyes!
Next up, the speaker panel. My god this was bad. Still cannot find the chrome trims for them. If I ever need to do this again I definitely wont do it myself, it needs to be powder coated. But looks 10x better than it did.
The outside was pretty easy to get stripped back and smooth but the inside was really bad so removed most rust and just primed and sprayed it.
Slowly started to work on the cab. The bottom was bowed and ideally would've liked to replace but no time and space I glued and clamped it then resprayed the inside. Again my spraying isn't the best but once dried and most things fitted back it doesn't look too bad. I also resprayed the legs but even though its a nice smooth finish, they just mark easily.
Got to work on the harness giving it a good clean and replacing the 2 failed connections where they soldered directly on to the interconnect board. I haven't replaced the transformer side of the GI input as iver ordered the wrong part and waiting till something else crops up before placing more orders.
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