GORF - A restoration too far??

monty_a900

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Hey All,
After seeing some really nice GORF restortions lately, I've decided to save a partly gutted GORF from the landfill. It's missing A LOT of parts, and being based in the UK will make sourcing them *really* tough, if not impossible. The cab is very solid, no water damage with perfect inner artwork. I really want to bring her back to her 80's splendor.
Here's what she looks like, and this is what I'm missing (probably more...)

- Complete wiring harness
- Marquee upper and lower brackets
- Glass holddown bracket (metal part above control panel)
- Bottom Header light assembly
- 'Rear scenery' brackets & light assembly
- Xformer board assembly
- RGB Interface PCB
- Audio AMP PCB
- Control grip assembly ( mine has been converted to switches)

On Order:
- Working PCB

Help me save GORF #10453 :)

Or does this have 60-1 written all over it?

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Gorf parts

I have the wiring harness for the power side of the cabinet. I also have the Audio Amp board, and complete control panel if you decide to restore it.
 
Looks like you've got your work cut out for you on that one! I do like the "Gorf" written in the inch of dust on the monitor ;) Look forward to reading your updates if you do decide to take the project on!

Is the joystick insert on yours a solid red? Never seen that before. Videogameparts.com has NOS inserts if you're interested: http://www.videogameparts.com/produ...5B8A.qscstrfrnt03?productId=886&categoryId=53

Though that's the least of your concerns at this point!

That reminds me I need to order the new T-Molding for my Gorf restoration. That and some side art and I'm going to call mine finished for the time being (after I flick on the white paint with a toothbrush that is). The gray base could use a coat of paint on mine but I'm going to leave it for now.
 
Looks like you've got your work cut out for you on that one! I do like the "Gorf" written in the inch of dust on the monitor ;) Look forward to reading your updates if you do decide to take the project on!

Is the joystick insert on yours a solid red? Never seen that before. Videogameparts.com has NOS inserts if you're interested: http://www.videogameparts.com/produ...5B8A.qscstrfrnt03?productId=886&categoryId=53

Though that's the least of your concerns at this point!

That reminds me I need to order the new T-Molding for my Gorf restoration. That and some side art and I'm going to call mine finished for the time being (after I flick on the white paint with a toothbrush that is). The gray base could use a coat of paint on mine but I'm going to leave it for now.

Just remember that it requires more t-molding than a "standard" game. I can't remember the total length, but its more than 20 ft.
 
I'll add the joystick insert onto the list ;-)

The red one looks like it's had some tape over it, I assume the original is under there somewhere... The more I look at the cab, the more parts seem missing. I now notice the two speaker grills are missing too :-/
 
I'll add the joystick insert onto the list ;-)

The red one looks like it's had some tape over it, I assume the original is under there somewhere... The more I look at the cab, the more parts seem missing. I now notice the two speaker grills are missing too :-/

Mine had tape on it too, the insert underneath was all cracked. :(
 
Don't forget, you need a power supply too...

Actually, you can make things a bit easier on yourself and just use a modern switcher and a standard isolation transformer - that way you don't need the original transformer assembly or power supply board.

You also need a monitor - that one is missing it's chassis. Any standard arcade monitor will work.

I've seen worse brought back. The cabinet and artwork are good - that's the biggest hurdle, I think.

-Ian
 
I've got a spare G07 monitor lined up.

I think my biggest problem will be getting a wiring harness.

What output voltages do the original PS put out? just +5VDC & 12VDC?
 
You can always make a wiring harness. It't not at all hard - just rather tedious. All the wiring diagrams are in the manual and are straight forward.

The power supply needs +5, +12, and -5.

Also, you don't absolutely need the optical joystick. You can wire a standard one up too. The cocktail version of GORF used standard mechanical switch joysticks.

-Ian
 
only recently i went on a gorf roadtrip to france where i picked up 1 1/2 gorfs - one full cabinet with all the parts and one got scraped for the parts. so it looks like it have almost everything to make you one happy camper :).
the problem is that i haven't started my restoration yet (and won't do so for quite a while), which means i can't decide yet which parts i need for myself and which parts i could sell off. so if you're ok with waiting for a while, i think i have (almost) everything to make your cabinet complete again!
 
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