TDL
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Found this machine in the back of a used car lot office. Took it home, stored it for a couple of years, moved, unwrapped it (shrink wrapped to store) and started in. Upon openning up the cabinet I found a huge rats' nest and two skeletons of huge rats. The nest extended from side to side (and this is an extra-wide body machine). Lots of chewed wires (luckily the channel up to the backbox was only big enough for the harness to pass through. Only needed a couple of parts that turned out to be fairly easy to find, a lot of rewiring, and plenty of elbow grease to get it up and running. Completely rebuilt the cabinet and added new legs. Touched up the backglass as best I could, and now have a stunning pitch and bat. The batting coil is so strong that I had the reostat turned up too high and broke a new bat on the first pitch - luckily PBR had the bats in stock. Here are the before and after pics.
http://s1125.photobucket.com/albums/l594/lutesaware/
http://s1125.photobucket.com/albums/l594/lutesaware/