A Long Journey... Restoration!

flynn54321

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Finally finished my Journey restoration.
Picked up the gutted out cabinet about 9 months ago and slowly went through the restoration process. It doesnt look too bad in the before pictures - however I will say - it was way way way beyond repair. The whole cabinet had sever water damage all over it.
First I collected the parts to put it together - marquee, board, wiring harness etc etc etc.
Rebuilt the cabinet using the only good original cabinet parts. Painted it and put it back together. That is the short version.... There was a lot of work put into this baby.

I still have to wire up the coin door lights, and would like to find a nicer monitor for it. Also I need to find a nicer monitor bezel (the one that is pictured came with the machine and has had the instruction card scraped off and painted over when it was converted).

Anyway - its a good feeling to finish this one!
 

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very nice... i have a bump n jump here to copy, and make a Journey someday. pretty sure i have to change the monitor/bezel slant tho.
 
Very nice and great job! Did you get a exact match for the original paint?I'm still trying to find some paint to touch mine up on some areas.
 
Yes I have the original marquee... When they converted the cabinet they left that on... weird huh?

Got my coin door lights fixed tonight!
 
Dude. That thing looks freakin' amazing! Seems like it was a lot of work and it all paid off. Very well done. Looks sick!
 
Thanks man... well today I got the final piece of the puzzle... a new monitor bezel glass...
Here are a few pics with that installed.
 

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Looks sweet...mine will get that treatment eventually..I even more excited to get the damn tape mod though.
Does anybody still have descent sideart available??? The set I bought a couple years ago kinda sux.
 
Looks sweet...mine will get that treatment eventually..I even more excited to get the damn tape mod though.
Does anybody still have descent sideart available??? The set I bought a couple years ago kinda sux.

nice sideart - Rich at thisoldgame
 
Rich is doing the tape mod. I am working on reproduction loop tapes. Got a new unused original today actually. The reproductions should be done soon. There is a small problem with the loop tapes I purchased varying in length. They need to be the exact length in order for the loop to work
 
Rich is doing the tape mod. I am working on reproduction loop tapes. Got a new unused original today actually. The reproductions should be done soon. There is a small problem with the loop tapes I purchased varying in length. They need to be the exact length in order for the loop to work

Hey Flynn, Add me to that list for the reproduction tape when it becomes available. I like to keep my original one just in case the tape player decides to eat it some day!Thanks!
 
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