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Well after a year of looking for a project hook I have finally landed one :clap:

Its been out of action for many years and has sat in storage rusting/rotting away :( (pictures to follow).
Slightly surreal collection as its former owner was Martin Kemp. He's into pinball machines too :thumbs:
I know it doesn't add any value to the machine or make it any more special, Just thought I would share it with you none the less.

Going to store it for a while as I don't actually have the space for it right now but hopefully I can start work on it soon.
 
This has the hallmarks of a potentially cracking restoration thread don't store it for too long. And an elaboration of the Martin Kemp story is defo necessary too - that's a nice teaser but we need to know the story :)...does he live local, or was this an epic road trip? I liked that Krays film he was in and I guess Gold is a classic too :)

 
I will create a resto thread and update with the story etc as soon as I can get in back to mine.

It was collected from central london (thats was fun :sad: ). The story involved his daughter, her friends brother and a favour. Its in VERY poor condition and although Hook isnt the most popular machine on the market I have always liked it. Cant wait to get it going again. :thumbs:
 
Carl Spiby said:
A rusty Data East? Imagine that.
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Take it thats a common issue then? the woodwork is pretty solid but the paint and screening is pretty rough.
It does still have the topper.
The front door is so bad that I cant get the key out of the lock as its rusted in :hmm: . The top lock has rusted over and the key is missing, Going to be fun picking that!
Legs are fodder and I am expecting most of the mechs under the PF to need binning. A great project :)
 
Fun to repair them when they are like that though isnt it. :)
I do like your LW3, How did you get on with the dmd issue?
 
Carl Spiby said:
Rails and lockdown often rust. Sounds like your Hook is in worse shape than my 400 quid LW3.
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Good to know that's not just a quirk of my DE then - golf ball sized rust (and dent o_O) atop my lockdown bar and rust on the rails too.

deathrow said:
The top lock has rusted over and the key is missing, Going to be fun picking that!
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You might just be better off unscrewing it using a security hex and fitting a new lock, that's what I ended up doing and it wasn't too pricey or much trouble. At least that way you get a new key.
 
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node said:
Good to know that's not just a quirk of my DE then - golf ball sized rust (and dent o_O) atop my lockdown bar and rust on the rails too.



You might just be better off unscrewing it using a security hex and fitting a new lock, that's what I ended up doing and it wasn't too pricey or much trouble. At least that way you get a new key.
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Will take a look at that, Wasnt sure if I can get to the fixings from the outside.
Thanks :thumbs:
 
No worries. From memory it's a T15 security hex, I got mine cheap in a set of random non-standard driver bits from Clas Olson.
 
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