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Starting out with a nice game for the age.Unfortunately even a nice game that is this old isn't really nice just nicer than
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The back of the cabinet is swollen from moisture damage and falling apart.
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There is a good bit of rust and mild corrosion on the metal.
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Playfield isn't too bad for the era and age but it has insert issues and ball swirl,checking etc.
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The interior isn't bad but the fiber board bottom is weak from the moisture exposure.
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Underneath it is all there with what looks to be most of the original coils and very little work done to it over the years
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Teardown begins.
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Upper is removed from the lower.
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Upper stripped bare.
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Upper is stripped topside.
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Topside strip down on the lower playfield.
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Playfield out of the cabinet.
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All coils are cut out and the associated harness is removed.
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Lower stripped underside.
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Cabinet is just being set to the side for now.I will be using a new one.New rails,tin etc etc so I really don't need to bre
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The new cabinet is bare so it will go through a series af steps to get it worthy of repainting.The keys are that it needs
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New head.
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Cabinet is primed.
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Guide coated.
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Ready to sand.
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Sanding the first application of primer.Even though this is a new cabinet it still needs a good bit of prep work.Things lik
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These are the types of issues you can't see on bare wood so that is why the first step is to prime and sand prior to repair
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The problem spots are filled there were many in this cabinet.
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Head goes through the same process.
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Nail holes are the main issue with the head.
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Ready for another application of primer.
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Primed again.
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Guide coated for the second time.Should be straight now.
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Sanded.
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Head ready to refinish.
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